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Kenya: Health Ministry Forms Taskforce to Contain Cholera
Nation, 18 July 2017
The Health ministry has formed a national taskforce to handle cholera cases in a raft of measures to contain the infectious disease that has attacked more than 300 people since… Read more »
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Kenya: Cholera Outbreak Shameful, Peter Kenneth Says
Nation, 18 July 2017
Nairobi independent gubernatorial candidate Peter Kenneth has said the cholera outbreak in Nairobi is regrettable and embarrassing. Read more »
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Kenya: Govt Cancels Medical Certificates for Food Handlers to Tame Cholera Outbreak
Capital FM, 17 July 2017
The Ministry of Health has cancelled all medical certificates for food handlers and directed County Health Departments to review the applicants following the outbreak of Cholera… Read more »
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Kenya: Cholera Claims More Lives in Nairobi
Nation, 18 July 2017
Your regular bite of fruit could lead to a cholera infection, doctors warned on Monday, barely 24 hours after two patients died of the disease at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH). Read more »
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Kenya: New Taskforce to Battle Cholera Outbreak
Nation, 17 July 2017
The national government is pulling all stops to arrest the spread of cholera that has so far claimed three lives in Nairobi City County. Read more »
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Kenya: Nairobi Govt On the Spot Over Cholera
Nation, 15 July 2017
The national government on Saturday put the Nairobi county government on the spot over the rising cases of cholera as the Kenyatta National Hospital established an emergency ward… Read more »
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Kenya: No Available Hospital Beds As Suspected Cholera Outbreak Hits Nairobi Hard
Capital FM, 16 July 2017
The rich cry too. In a first of firsts, a suspected cholera outbreak in Nairobi seems to be getting everyone talking after it hit an unlikely class - the middle-class and the… Read more »
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Kenya: Kidero Bans Unlicensed Water Tankers After Suspected Cholera Outbreak
Capital FM, 16 July 2017
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has put a ban on all unlicensed water tankers distributing water in the city. Read more »
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Kenya: Events Show Cholera No Longer Limited to Poor Kenyans
Nation, 16 July 2017
For years, cholera has been associated with poverty. That is no longer the case. Read more »
Nairobi Urged to Move Fast on Cholera
The national government has warned Nairobi county to move urgently on the increasing cases of cholera as the Kenyatta National Hospital established an emergency ward in a bid to contain the outbreak.
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Three people who attended a wedding in Karen on Saturday have died of cholera, while five others have been admitted to various hospitals in Nairobi. A fourth person has died in ... Read more »
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Doctors who attended a health conference at the hotel, mostly those employed by the government, are accusing Ministry of Health officials of trying to play down the outbreak ... Read more »
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Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu says 35 tests have so far been carried out after delegates attending a science conference at the Weston Hotel after contracting "cholera". The ... Read more »
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Cholera causes no symptoms in most infected people because they don't become ill and never know they've been infected, writes The Conversation Africa. Read more »
