• BONDENI-JUA KALI, Kenya (AP) - As the sun rises in the Bondeni-Jua Kali neighborhood on the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi, dozens of women and men step out of their corrugated iron homes with yellow jerricans, skip over pools of sewage and make their way to a nearby water vending. (ap.org)
  • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The Kenyan government on Monday urged people living in flood-prone areas to relocate to higher ground as heavy rains and flash floods continued to wreak havoc across East Africa. (ap.org)
  • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's high court on Thursday extended orders blocking the deployment of police officers to Haiti, even as parliament approved a government request to send 1,000 officers to the Caribbean nation to help deal with gang violence. (ap.org)
  • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Efforts to create a landmark treaty to end global plastic pollution advanced Monday in Kenya's capital as nations, plus petrochemical companies, environmentalists and others affected by the pollution gathered to discuss draft language for the first time. (ap.org)
  • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenya's government said Thursday that its police officers will not be deployed to Haiti until all conditions on training and funding are met in line with last month's approval from the U.N Security Council to give the eastern African country command of a multinational. (ap.org)
  • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The Kenyan government announced Monday a surprise public holiday on Nov. 13 for a nationwide tree planting day, part of its ambitious plan to plant 15 billion trees by 2032 Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki made the announcement via a gazette notice posted on. (ap.org)
  • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such a measure aimed at boosting free movement of people and trade to rival Europe's Schengen zone. (ap.org)
  • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - King Charles III observed a drill by an elite unit of British-trained Kenya marines and took an interest in environmental projects in the coastal city of Mombasa on Thursday, the third day of his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. (ap.org)
  • Lenny Ruvaga in Nairobi reports on how Kenya is like many other African nations, facing trade-offs as the growing need for power comes into conflict with more traditional values of conservation. (voanews.com)
  • A 3-day introductive training on WaPOR took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 29th November to 1st December 2022. (fao.org)
  • Epidemic meningococcal disease has occurred in Nairobi, Kenya, and the Arusha area of northern Tanzania. (cdc.gov)
  • Smartworld Kenya is the best Offline & Online shopping solution in Nairobi, Kenya. (google.com)
  • Today, our office in Nairobi, Kenya, leads much of the Foundation's work to unleash economic growth in Africa, while tackling major issues, including food security, climate change, and rapid urbanization. (rockefellerfoundation.org)
  • A lion cub is seen walking in the grass at Nairobi animal orphanage in Kenya in this July 2004 file photo. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • A lion cub is seen on the shoulder of a keeper at Nairobi animal orphanage in Kenya in this July 2004 file photo. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • In October 2018, the Daily Nation reported that police killed at least 101 people in Nairobi and more than 180 people across Kenya in a nine-month period. (hrw.org)
  • Representatives from 32 U.S. agribusiness and farm organizations will join Deputy Agriculture Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh for a trade mission to Nairobi, Kenya, and Zanzibar, Tanzania, Oct. 31 - Nov. 4. (usda.gov)
  • NAIROBI, Sep 11 2012 (IPS) - Water scarcity is fuelling deadly inter-ethnic wars that continue to claim lives in Kenya, according to government officials. (ipsnews.net)
  • A health care worker administers a vaccine to her colleague in Nairobi, Kenya. (imf.org)
  • It was the deadliest in Kenya since the Westgate Shopping Centre attack in Nairobi in 2013. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Soldiers opened fire March 3 on several hundred protesters demanding freedom for political prisoners in Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kenya. (csmonitor.com)
  • Based at our SLU owned and operated campus a verdant, peaceful and safe suburb of Nairobi, the Kenya program is rooted in this deep tradition and is committed to providing students with a unique study abroad experience. (stlawu.edu)
  • The cosmopolitan capital city of Nairobi, rising from the plateau of south-central Kenya, is the home base of our program. (stlawu.edu)
  • Nairobi - Kenya piloted a community-based cervical cancer screening in 2021 using the human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing to explore ways of effectively scaling up this type of testing across the country. (who.int)
  • We present their national HE frameworks, and thereafter focus on local policy and practice in two public universities: Makerere University in Uganda and the University of Nairobi in Kenya. (lu.se)
  • Proceedings of the First Social Science and Medicine Africa Network International Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, 10th-13th August 1992 : African health and the economic recession of the 1990's / compiled and edited by Anne M. Pertet. (who.int)
  • Better health for women and children through family planning : report on an international conference held in Nairobi, Kenya, October 1987 / prepared by Maggie Black. (who.int)
  • The future of mental health services : proceedings of a Conference on the Future of Mental Health Services, Nairobi, Kenya, August 14-18, 1979 / editors, A. Kiev, W. J. Muya and N. Sartorius. (who.int)
  • Alcohol care in Nairobi, Kenya. (bvsalud.org)
  • Social determinants of health tional Hospital ED in Nairobi, Kenya from March through June of 2021. (bvsalud.org)
  • Current data demonstrate that a history of alcohol use was common has a developing emergency care system, one in eight adults are injured among injured patients in Nairobi, Kenya. (bvsalud.org)
  • Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • A member of the Commonwealth with a population of more than 47.6 million in the 2019 census, Kenya is the 28th most populous country in the world and 7th most populous in Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • As of 2020, Kenya is the third-largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria and South Africa and hosts the United Nations, UNEP and UN-HABITAT headquarters in Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • Kenya is a member of the East African Community trade bloc, though some international trade organisations categorise it as part of the Greater Horn of Africa. (wikipedia.org)
  • Kenya has the largest economy in East Africa and has enormous potential in its educated population, vibrant private sector and natural resources. (oxfam.org)
  • South Africa, in its response to Kenya, said that trophy hunters are not exporting their kills for primarily commercial purposes, so most countries would issue an import license under an Appendix 1 listing. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • We're looking long-term in Kenya because it's such an influential country throughout Africa … and there's a very strong, vocal Christian community there," said Sekulow. (christianitytoday.com)
  • was founded in 2010 as a non-governmental organization dedicated to ending all forms of human trafficking in Kenya and East Africa. (freetheslaves.net)
  • Students spend time during the semester traveling throughout Kenya and East Africa on various course components explained in detail below. (stlawu.edu)
  • There is currently limited data from injured acute care patients in Africa and Kenya on hazardous alcohol use or polysubstance use. (bvsalud.org)
  • Additionally, like Kenya, many tropical areas of Africa have higher prevalence of diseases like HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria that may influence both the incidence and complications of flu illness. (cdc.gov)
  • In July 2019, Human Rights Watch found that police in Kenya killed no fewer than 21 men and boys in Nairobi's informal settlements, apparently with no justification, claiming they were criminals. (hrw.org)
  • The first case of COVID-19 in Kenya was confirmed on March 12, 2020. (cdc.gov)
  • The disruption in global trade and travel, and the containment measures put in place to limit the spread of the virus, meant that economic activity contracted sharply in Kenya in the second quarter of 2020. (imf.org)
  • The study in Kenya enrolled 3,026 pregnant women and 2,550 infants during June 2015 through May 2020. (cdc.gov)
  • Kenya received more than 12 million vaccines from the U.S. Government via the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) initiative through August 2022. (cdc.gov)
  • This represents 43% of all vaccines donated to the country As of September 7, 2022, Kenya had administered more than 15 million COVID-19 vaccine doses across the country. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC Kenya provided close to $2.5 million to support the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 vaccination rollout in 14 counties from March 2021 to July 2022. (cdc.gov)
  • February 4, 2022 - new study by CDC authors and global partners in the journal Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses highlights the burden of flu among pregnant woman and their infants in the tropical African nation of Kenya as part of a broader effort to raise flu vaccination rates among pregnant women globally. (cdc.gov)
  • Lack of accountability for serious human rights violations by security forces, including extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, remain a major concern in Kenya, despite promises by President Uhuru Kenyatta to address key issues, including those that have in the past undermined Kenya's ability to hold peaceful elections. (hrw.org)
  • The Kenya Gazette is an official publication of the government of the Republic of Kenya. (google.com)
  • The Republic of Kenya is named after Mount Kenya. (wikipedia.org)
  • In addition, Oxfam in Kenya believes that every Kenyan has a right to make free and informed choices to build sustainable livelihoods and resilience to external shocks. (oxfam.org)
  • The Rainforest Alliance has lifted the suspensions of two Kenyan tea certificate holders, following the corrective actions implemented by the owners, James Finlay Kenya and ekaterra Tea Kenya. (rainforest-alliance.org)
  • Kenya's geography, climate and population vary widely, ranging from cold snow-capped mountaintops (Batian, Nelion and Point Lenana on Mount Kenya) with vast surrounding forests, wildlife and fertile agricultural regions to temperate climates in western and rift valley counties and further on to dry less fertile arid and semi-arid areas and absolute deserts (Chalbi Desert and Nyiri Desert). (wikipedia.org)
  • Nilotic-speaking pastoralists (ancestral to Kenya's Nilotic speakers) began migrating from present-day South Sudan into Kenya around 500 BC. (wikipedia.org)
  • Esmond Martin, a Kenya-based conservationist involved with rhinoceros and elephant protection, said he expects that Kenya's lion proposal will fail because trophy hunting cannot really be considered trade. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Title : Kenya demographic and health survey, 2003 Corporate Authors(s) : Kenya, Central Bureau of Statistics. (cdc.gov)
  • Results of search for 'au:'Kenya. (who.int)
  • JS Oliech, MD, Kenya Ministry of Health. (cdc.gov)
  • Kenya, Ministry of Health. (cdc.gov)
  • Since 1963, Oxfam in Kenya has worked with partners in long-term development programs, humanitarian assistance, peace and conflict resolution programs and actively engaged in campaigning for better governance and equitable access to services. (oxfam.org)
  • An 1882 map drawn by Joseph Thompsons, a Scottish geologist and naturalist, indicated Mt. Kenya as Mt. Kenia. (wikipedia.org)
  • Elizabeth Kiende, gender expert for the Rainforest Alliance in Kenya, sheds light on the roots of sexual violence on tea farms. (rainforest-alliance.org)
  • And Kenya, a country famed for its wildlife sanctuaries and conservation efforts, is one of the African lion's biggest champions. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • This report complements the FAIRS Annual Country Report for Kenya and provides information on certificates required by the Government of Kenya (GOK) to export food and agricultural products into the country. (usda.gov)
  • The National Development Plan 2002 to 2008 recognises Kenya as a water-scarce country where the water demand exceeds renewable freshwater sources," he said. (ipsnews.net)
  • IMF Country Focus spoke to the IMF mission chief for Kenya, Mary Goodman, who explained that the loan would be used to support the government's reform plans and help meet financing needs. (imf.org)
  • Kenya is a beautiful African country, filled with many different landforms, diverse wildlife, and more than thirty tribes of people. (readinga-z.com)
  • Kenya covers many interesting facts about this African country, from amazing wildlife to the more than thirty tribes that live there. (readinga-z.com)
  • I have recently relocated back to my home country, Kenya, to pursue my own business ideas. (lu.se)
  • Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast. (wikipedia.org)
  • No cases of meningococcal disease have been reported in U.S. travelers returning from Kenya or Tanzania. (cdc.gov)
  • Editorial Note: Epidemic meningococcal disease in Kenya and Tanzania is uncommon. (cdc.gov)
  • Because of the potential risk for exposure in Kenya and northern Tanzania, CDC recommends that U.S. travelers to these areas receive the meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC supports the Kenya Medical Research Institute's (KEMRI). (cdc.gov)
  • The U.S. President is a child of Kenya, but we are asking his administration to let Kenyans define their course. (christianitytoday.com)
  • The central peaks of Mount Kenya are volcanic plugs that have resisted glacial erosion . (wikipedia.org)
  • There are many peaks on Mount Kenya which require rock climbing . (wikipedia.org)
  • Most of the peaks on Mount Kenya have been summited. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the coffee-producing highlands of Gusii, western Kenya, the Rainforest Alliance is working with smallholder farmers and local supply-chain actors to create healthy and productive farms, restore fragile ecosystems, and boost farmer incomes. (rainforest-alliance.org)
  • We stand with the thousands of women working in the Kenya tea sector and commit to doing our part to help stop violence against women in agricultural supply chains. (rainforest-alliance.org)
  • This report provides updates on Government of Kenya (GOK) import requirements and regulations for food and agricultural products. (usda.gov)
  • They stormed student dormitories and began firing indiscriminately before reportedly slowing their attack to ask Christians and Muslims to separate, a hallmark of recent al-Shabaab attacks in majority-Christian Kenya. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • The U.N. Security Council voted on Monday to authorize a multinational military intervention against the gang lords of Haiti, led by Kenya, which volunteered to take point in July. (freerepublic.com)
  • Like many middle-income countries, Kenya does not have a flu vaccination program. (cdc.gov)
  • This study, which underscores potential benefits from maternal flu vaccination in Kenya, is the latest study in an international effort to document the global burden of flu among pregnant women to help inform policy for the use of maternal influenza vaccination. (cdc.gov)
  • The CDC Foundation sent insecticide-treated bed nets to children in Kenya to help prevent malaria. (cdc.gov)
  • Children under five years of age are at greatest risk for malaria and comprise 90% of all deaths from malaria in Kenya. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC Kenya helps implement the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), and the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA). (cdc.gov)
  • Child abuse and neglect : selected papers from the 4th Scientific Seminar of the Kenya Medical Women's Association, March, 1989. (who.int)
  • CDC worked with Kenya port health authorities to detect, assess, notify and report events, and respond to public health risks and emergencies. (cdc.gov)
  • The authorities in Kenya, which has suffered at least three major terror attacks by Somali-based terror groups since 1998, had even said last week that al-Shabaab could have been planning a strike on a university. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • OBJECTIVES: To examine how maternal and sociodemographic factors determine continued care-seeking behaviour from pregnancy to postnatal period in Kenya and Uganda and to determine associated neonatal survival outcomes. (lu.se)
  • During the reporting year, the government began tracking law enforcement data digitally and collecting it on a monthly basis from local police offices in order to ensure its anti-trafficking statistics were accurate, complete, and wholly representative of all 47 counties in Kenya. (state.gov)
  • Another important objective of this training was to, on the basis of increased understanding of the project and the database developped in the course of the 3 days, to hold a discussion about potential applications and uses of the data in Kenya and the capacity development needed in order to concretize these possibilities. (fao.org)
  • Transmission of cancer screening data from the facility to Kenya Health Information System can also be improved through continuous mentorship of both clinical as well as health records teams on utility of surveillance data right from the facility level. (who.int)
  • 2004). Kenya demographic and health survey, 2003. (cdc.gov)
  • Traditionally, low screening coverage has hampered uptake of screening programmes in Kenya where stigma, lack of awareness, sociocultural barriers and opportunistic screening are the norm. (who.int)
  • In partnership with the Government of Kenya, CDC helps prevent disease and death by implementing evidence-based public health programs. (cdc.gov)
  • Kenya is a presidential representative democratic republic, in which elected officials represent the people and the president is the head of state and government. (wikipedia.org)
  • Haitian police, government officials and some members of the foreign diplomatic corps have been hoping that an offer by Kenya to lead an international intervention into a troubled Haiti would mean thousands of additional cops helping to dismantle and fight heavily armed kidnapping gangs. (freerepublic.com)
  • Vaccine introduction status in Kenya over time. (who.int)
  • The other routes require special permission from the Kenya Wildlife Service to use. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Kenya Wildlife Service is pushing a plan to give the African lion maximum protection under a U.N. body that governs trade in endangered or threatened plants and animals. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • The lion population has declined by over 50 percent in the past decade, and nobody has actually brought this to international attention," said Patrick Omondi, the Kenya Wildlife Service's CITES coordinator. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • Since the convention's ambit is limited to wildlife exported for primarily commercial purposes, Kenya is banking that members will consider the export of lions shot on trophy hunts as trade. (chinadaily.com.cn)
  • In Kenya, there are national regulations for doctoral examination. (lu.se)
  • In 1896 three Salvationists went to Kenya to work on the building of a new railway and made their witness while based at the Taru Camp. (salvationarmy.org)
  • This study in Kenya is among few that have explored flu disease burden among pregnant women in tropical or middle-income countries. (cdc.gov)
  • CHAMPS identifies causes of stillbirths and under-five mortality from 10 countries, including Kenya. (cdc.gov)
  • Like many other countries around the world, Kenya was hit hard by the COVID-19 shock. (imf.org)
  • In this chapter, we describe the post-colonial history of higher education (HE) in Kenya and Uganda to explain why domestic doctoral education is still at a young stage in both countries. (lu.se)
  • SETTING: Countrywide, Kenya and Uganda. (lu.se)
  • For instance, in Kenya, a student either passes or fails the PhD examination, while in Uganda, examiners usually use grades for assessment. (lu.se)
  • Kenya is a member of the United Nations, Commonwealth of Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, COMESA, International Criminal Court, as well as other international organisations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Kenya has yet to surrender three persons wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC ) on allegations of witness tampering in cases relating to the 2007/2008 election violence. (hrw.org)
  • Kenya fertility survey, 1977-78 : first report. (who.int)
  • What was the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Kenya and its economy? (imf.org)
  • Kenya, in World War II, sent soldiers to fight in the British Army when the British Empire declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939 and remained an important asset for the Allies until the end of the war in 1945. (wikipedia.org)
  • Collaborating with partners in Kenya and globally to use evidence gained through research to develop and implement effective public health policies applicable to low resource settings. (cdc.gov)
  • CDC helped Kenya expand the National Public Health Emergency Operations Center (PHEOC) that was established in 2013. (cdc.gov)
  • There are slightly over 12 000 health facilities in Kenya, 5770 of which are public facilities. (who.int)
  • Conservative estimates place the African lion population at 23,000, Kenya wrote in its proposal to be discussed at the CITES meeting in Bangkok from Oct 2 to 14. (chinadaily.com.cn)