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MSF Warns of Measles, Cholera Outbreaks at Kenya Refugee Complex
October 27, 2022 12:27 PM
Lisa Schlein
Geneva —
The charity Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that Kenya's Dadaab Refugee Complex faces a high risk of measles and cholera outbreaks as thousands of new refugees arrive from areas of Somalia where the diseases are circulating.
More than 233,000 refugees live in three overcrowded camps in the complex.
Doctors Without Borders, best known by its French acronym MSF, reported a sharp rise since January in the number of people fleeing to Kenya to escape drought, hunger and violence.
Many of the new arrivals are from southern Somalia, where measles and cholera outbreaks recently have occurred, the charity said.
MSF's deputy program manager for Kenya, Adrian Guadarrama, said Thursday in Geneva that many are being received by refugee communities inside camps, but many more are living in very poor conditions on the outskirts of the camps.
Last week, he said, MSF teams recorded three cases of measles and two suspected cases of cholera in Dagahaley, one of Dadaab's three refugee camps...
MSF Warns of Measles, Cholera Outbreaks at Kenya Refugee Complex
October 27, 2022 12:27 PM
Lisa Schlein
Geneva —
The charity Doctors Without Borders said Thursday that Kenya's Dadaab Refugee Complex faces a high risk of measles and cholera outbreaks as thousands of new refugees arrive from areas of Somalia where the diseases are circulating.
More than 233,000 refugees live in three overcrowded camps in the complex.
Doctors Without Borders, best known by its French acronym MSF, reported a sharp rise since January in the number of people fleeing to Kenya to escape drought, hunger and violence.
Many of the new arrivals are from southern Somalia, where measles and cholera outbreaks recently have occurred, the charity said.
MSF's deputy program manager for Kenya, Adrian Guadarrama, said Thursday in Geneva that many are being received by refugee communities inside camps, but many more are living in very poor conditions on the outskirts of the camps.
Last week, he said, MSF teams recorded three cases of measles and two suspected cases of cholera in Dagahaley, one of Dadaab's three refugee camps...