NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Kenya Ministry of Health issued a communication to all County Directors of Health on a multicounty cholera outbreak on October 19. The first cases of Vibrio cholerae -01 Ogawa...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 At least 14 newborns at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi have contracted multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, of which six babies died, according to a report in The...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 In early May 2022, officials in Kenya detected cholera in Kisumu County and through the end of the month, a total of 319 cases and two deaths were reported. While Kisumu County is...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews During the week ending October 13, officials in Kenya reported an additional 100 new suspected cases, with eighty-five percent of cases being reported from Nairobi...

The Kenya Ministry of Health reported this week on the outbreak situation in several counties throughout the country in 2018 to date to include cholera, measles, chikungunya and Rift Valley fever (RVF). Cholera A...

In a follow-up on the cholera situation in Kenya (HERE and HERE), the World Health Organization (WHO) reports a total of 1216 suspected cases including 14 deaths (case fatality rate: 1.2%) have been reported...

In an update in multiple cholera outbreaks in Africa, many countries with ongoing cholera outbreaks in the African Region have observed resurgence in the disease trends in recent weeks. This phenomenon...

At least 47 guests at the Weston Hotel in Nairobi have tested positive for cholera, according to a Kenya’s The Nation report. Attendees of a science conference entitled, “The Kenya International...

On 28 May 2016, the Ministry of Health of Kenya notified WHO of an outbreak of Chikungunya in Mandera East sub-county. The first reports of an increase in cases with febrile illness and joint pains occurred...

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In a follow-up to a report of a yellow fever case/fatality in Kenya, the government is reporting a second case of the mosquito borne viral disease in Nairobi’s South C area, according to local media. A...