Today, The WHO team, led by Country Rep Dr A Diallo, is in Nanyuki, Laikipia County for a reciprocal visit after Governor Joshua W. Irungu & team visited WHO Kenya at UNON campus last June. They are discussing the County's health initiatives, priorities & areas of collaboration

Today is #InternationalNursesDay 🙌

✅ Nurses are crucial to healthcare, ensuring patient safety and care.

Thanks to Ministry of Health, supported by WHO and partners, Kenya has doubled its health workforce in the last 10 years, now training about 8,200 healthcare workers annually.

#KenyaFloods
🚨ALERT: To avoid contaminated food diseases,
ensure food safety through:

➡️thorough cooking
➡️proper storage
➡️personal hygiene practices
➡️safe source of food
➡️use of soap/water to clean hands before & after handling food
➡️Seek help at nearest health facility

#Kenya Floods
➡️ 378,199 People Affected
➡️ 55,575 Households Displaced
➡️ 264 Lost Life, 188 Injured, 75 Missing
➡️ 41 Counties Affected

🚨 ALERT: There is likelihood for increased illnesses associated with contaminated food diseases.

#KenyaFloods
➡️378,199 Affected persons
➡️55,575 Displaced Households
➡️264 Lost Life, 75 Missing, 188 Injured

🚨ALERT: Be vigilant due to potential harmful effects of extensive rains/floods:
- Increased respiratory diseases
- Outbreak of water-borne diseases - typhoid, cholera

#KenyaFloods
Take caution:
➡️🦟Outbreak of mosquito-related diseases - Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya & Rift Valley Fever
➡️💧Use water from safe sources – floods may have compromised regular water
➡️🏥Seek treatment immediately for any health issue from the nearest health facility

🤝Today, WHO handed over 12.68 tons of medicines & health supplies to Kenya Red Cross for distribution to Nairobi's Mathare, Dandora & Kibera areas.

✅Capable of reaching 252,300 individuals, these supplies are part of WHO’s support for Ministry of Health response to the flood crisis.

#KenyaFloods
➡️ 293,661 affected
➡️ 54,837 households displaced
➡️ 257 lost life

🤝Today, WHO handed over medicines & health supplies to Nairobi’s Mathare, Dandora, and Kibera areas – an effort to support Ministry of Health.

🔄More supplies are en route to other impacted regions.

'My husband jumped out of the window of our bedroom after me, the house broke up and it was carried away by the water. So now we are in the water, the house is gone, and I am clinging to a tree,' recalls Beatrice Nyokabi, a survivor of the #KenyaFloods .

#KenyaFloods :
➡️286 000 people affected
➡️47 000 households displaced
➡️238 deaths reported
Government 🇰🇪, with support from World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, has mounted a multi-sectoral emergency response. Read more👉🏿
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Take Action Now! Move to Higher Grounds as Advised. Your Safety is Paramount.

📊 #KenyaFloods2024 Impact from Severe March-April-May Rainfall:

- Affected: 227,238 people
- Displaced: 42,526 households
- Fatalities: 229
- Injured: 164

Rapid respond teams & national responders trained by WHO are coordinating first line response at national & county levels.