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  • Kenya - ​No yellow fever outbreak, 2 imported cases from Angola

    Yellow fever alert issued after man dies at KNH

    By LEAH MUTIMBA @LEAHMUTIMBAMar. 16, 2016, 12:00 pm

    The Health ministry has sent a yellow fever alert to points of entry to Kenya, hospitals and counties following the death of a 31-year-old man at KNH.

    The man said to have arrived to the country from Angola last Saturday had initially been examined by a clinician in Eastleigh, Nairobi who found he had a fever, joint pains and blood-stained stool.

    The clinician referred him to Kenyatta National Hospital after his condition deteriorated.

    Kemri said in a statement to newsrooms on Wednesday that its laboratory tests showed samples were positive for yellow fever.
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    The Health ministry has sent a yellow fever alert to points of entry to Kenya, hospitals and counties following the death of a 31-year-old man at KNH.The man said to have arrived to the country from Angola last Saturday had initially been examined by a clinician in Eastleigh, Nairobi who found he had a fever, joint pains and blood-stained stool.
    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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    There is no yellow fever outbreak in Kenya, says CS

    By Joy Wanja Muraya Updated Saturday, April 2nd 2016 at 00:25 GMT +3

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    Dr Mailu clarified that the two cases reported in Kenya last month had posed no threat since as the victims contracted the disease well past the infective five-day period and could therefore not pass on the disease. One of the patients died while the other was treated and discharged.
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    Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/healt...-kenya-says-cs
    "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
    -Nelson Mandela

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    • #3
      There is NO Yellow Fever outbreak in Kenya

      NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 1- Kenya on Friday expressed shock at misinformed reports circulating in Uganda that listed it as one of three countries that had an ongoing yellow fever outbreak.

      While terming the statements as false, Health Cabinet Secretary Dr. Cleopa Mailu asked the Ugandan government to withdraw the allegations because they were unfounded.

      Information received by Kenyan authorities indicates that the Ugandan Ministry of Health has placed pull-up posters which read in part, ?There is a yellow fever outbreak in Angola, Kenya and DRC.?

      Dr. Mailu assured Kenyans and all foreigners that it was safe to travel to Kenya because there was no outbreak and surveillance remained high at all the points of entry.

      ?I want to address the attention of all the concerned that what the poster is purporting is untrue,? stated the CS.

      He added that the country had only reported two yellow fever cases and they had been imported from Angola. No local transmission has occurred.

      Kenya is classified as a low risk country but the importation of cases from travelers requires the country to remain alert.

      ?The two persons got the infection in the first week of March 2016 and were already beyond the transmission phase by the time they arrived in Kenya,? stated the CS.

      ?It has been more than two weeks since the last case was reported and the threat of an outbreak in Kenya is highly unlikely.?

      A situation report dated March 22, indicated that the Ministry of Health had screened a total of 3,750 travelers for Yellow Fever at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) since the first case was confirmed on March 15, 2016.

      Nine out of the 3,570 travelers, who had been screened by that time, were vaccinated. Non Kenyans who did not possess valid Yellow Fever certificates were denied entry

      "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
      -Nelson Mandela

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      • #4
        Source: http://www.who.int/csr/don/6-april-2...ever-kenya/en/
        Yellow Fever ? Kenya

        Disease Outbreak News
        6 April 2016

        Between 15 and 18 March 2016, the National IHR Focal Point of Kenya notified WHO of 2 imported cases of yellow fever (YF).
        Both cases are male Kenyan nationals, in their early 30s, working in Luanda, Angola. Both travelled while symptomatic and none were vaccinated against yellow fever prior to traveling to Angola.
        The first case developed symptoms on 8 March in Luanda and travelled to Kenya on 12 March. At his arrival, he was hospitalized in a private clinic in Nairobi and was later referred to another health care facility. The patient died after experiencing multi-organ failure.
        The second case presented symptoms on 1 March in Luanda, and flew back to Kenya on 7 March. He went to his home town (Namanga) on the Kenyan-Tanzanian Border. He returned to Nairobi to seek treatment on 11 March where he was hospitalised. The patient was treated and has since recovered and been discharged.
        Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were performed on samples of both cases by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). RT-PCR was negative for the two cases; however, samples from both cases tested positive for anti-YF IgM antibody. Plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) is currently being conducted.
        Public health response

        The Kenyan government has taken the following measures:
        • urging all county health departments and relevant stakeholders to enhance disease surveillance, in particular for yellow fever, at points of entry (PoEs) and within the country;
        • carrying out social mobilization activities;
        • activating a national task force to manage the detected imported cases;
        • strengthening the testing capability of the reference laboratory;
        • reactivating the viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) national task force to update VHF preparedness and early-response plans;
        • providing information to travellers on yellow fever vaccination and implementation of inspection of yellow fever certificates at PoEs.

        WHO risk assessment

        The risk of sustained local transmission is considered to be minimal since the density of the competent vector, the Aedes aegypti, in Nairobi is very low and none-of the two cases arrived in a viraemic state. However, it is important to highlight that yellow fever introduction represents a potential threat in areas of the country where the risk factors for yellow fever are present (human susceptibility, prevalence of the competent vector, animal reservoirs). The possibility of further international disease spread from Kenya to other countries is also considered to be low; nevertheless, the report of yellow fever infection in non-immunized travellers returning from a country where vaccination against the disease is mandatory underlines the need to reinforce the implementation of vaccination requirements, in accordance with the International Health Regulations (2005). WHO continues to monitor the epidemiological situation and conduct risk assessment based on the latest available information.
        WHO advice

        WHO urges Members States especially those where the establishment of a local cycle of transmission is possible (i.e. where the competent vector is present) to strengthen the control of immunisation status of travellers to all potentially endemic areas.
        WHO does not recommend any travel or trade restriction to Kenya based on the current information available.

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