Kenya government has taken all possible steps to confront the Rift valley fever viral infection in Garissa. The death toll continued to rise claiming four more people in just 24 hours. This brings the number of Rift valley fever victims to 74.
Kenya Government has started a livestock vaccination campaign to fight Rift Valley Fever. Dr Shanaaz Shariff, a senior deputy director of medical services, said infection could be prevented through sustained animal vaccination and control of mosquitoes.
Results of a US study suggest that the presence of certain respiratory conditions in early infancy is associated with allergic disease and asthma risk when children reach school age.
Heavy flooding has provoked the spread of Rift Valley Fever from north-east Kenya to near Garissa in the north-west of the country, the World Health Organization warned.
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health is investigating an imported case of dengue fever today (January 9) and urged members of the public to guard against the disease.
More than 75 people have died in Kenya of a hemorrhagic fever called Rift Valley Fever over the past three weeks and another 183 are infected with it. The diseases’ victims are residents of either the Northeastern or Coast Province, which received uncharacteristically heavy rain in December that caused flooding and created a large breading ground for mosquitoes, which spread the fever’s virus from livestock to humans.
On 4_January, 8 new suspected cases of Rift Valley Fever were discovered by MSF teams in the Ijara District in the North-Eastern Province of Kenya. One of the patients died, taking the death toll to at least 67 since the outbreak began on 7_December.
The death toll from the outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Kenya’s Wajir District has risen to 52 after four people reportedly died. According to reports, the Rift Valley fever killed three other people in neighbouring Isiolo District.
Egyptian health ministry reported that a 15-year-old Egyptian girl has died of bird flu. Nine people in Egypt have died from the H5N1 strain of avian flu since the virus first appeared in the country’s poultry in February.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed to amend the labeling regulations on over-the-counter (OTC) Internal Analgesic, Antipyretic, and Antirheumatic (IAAA) drug products to include important safety information regarding the potential for stomach bleeding and liver damage and when to consult a doctor.