Health Alerts

Kenya: Cholera continues. Strict personal hygiene measures are being called for in Nairobi County as the city deals with an outbreak of cholera which has caused the deaths of four people from over 300 suspected cases. According to a ReliefWeb post, there are concerns within the Health Ministry that the rising number of ‘food borne diarrheal, poisoning and cholera in different towns and cities in the country’ is ‘often related to public functions and outsourcing of food.’ Yesterday, the Health Minister called for a Nairobi hotel and restaurant to be closed indefinitely.