MEDSF Kenya https://www.medsf.org/rss/kenya en MEDSF hands over opioid-subsitution therapy project in Kenya https://www.medsf.org/msf-hands-over-opioid-subsitution-therapy-project-kenya MEDSF has handed over our programme in Kenya which provided sustainable care for people who use drugs in the region. Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:21:56 +0000 e3e9f7ed-01ed-4dc3-83c2-cfba4f34c3c7 MEDSF emergency response to flooding in Tana River County Kenya https://www.medsf.org/msf-emergency-response-flooding-tana-river-county-kenya In late March 2024, severe flooding forced more than 43,000 people from their homes in Tana River County, Kenya. In response, MEDSF launched an emergency response in Garsen town. Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:30:01 +0000 35ff88bf-97b5-4e94-b42b-5f122a174ec3 Urgent action needed to tackle cholera across Horn of Africa https://www.medsf.org/urgent-action-needed-tackle-cholera-across-horn-africa Despite being preventable, deaths from cholera are on the rise across the Horn of Africa, amid the longest outbreaks ever recorded in the region. Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:58:10 +0000 8d0be255-4843-4fa6-9aa7-b909d9e59daf Looming health catastrophe in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps https://www.medsf.org/looming-health-catastrophe-kenya%E2%80%99s-dadaab-refugee-camps As a cholera outbreak spreads in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps, we call on the international community and aid agencies to respond urgently to the unfolding crisis and prevent the further spread of disease. Tue, 30 May 2023 10:44:23 +0000 0ec17b3e-bc08-4db2-a3d9-fdf9b2013431 Donors must urgently send funds as humanitarian situation deteriorates in Kenya https://www.medsf.org/donors-must-urgently-send-funds-humanitarian-situation-deteriorates-kenya The humanitarian crisis in Dagahaley refugee camp, Kenya, is heading for breaking point unless donors and organisations immediately respond to overcrowding, disease outbreaks and urgent humanitarian needs. Tue, 24 Jan 2023 08:32:21 +0000 a8af6b1b-b30e-4ac6-a047-064761d95e34 High risk of outbreaks amid poor living conditions for newly arrived refugees in Dadaab https://www.medsf.org/high-risk-outbreaks-amid-poor-living-conditions-newly-arrived-refugees-dadaab MEDSF urges the UN Refugee Agency and Kenyan authorities to urgently launch vaccination campaigns to prevent large-scale outbreaks and save lives in Dadaab Refugee Complex in Kenya. Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:23:24 +0000 4adfa753-0b2c-4619-9716-d9e7b8aef0c3 Malnutrition remains high as drought continues https://www.medsf.org/malnutrition-remains-high-drought-continues An ongoing drought in northeast Kenya is raging on following three consecutive seasons of failed rains. Marsabit County is reporting high or above-usual rates of acute malnutrition. Fri, 20 May 2022 11:21:51 +0000 101a2fce-c2c3-4820-9237-1def21b5f27d Urgent solutions needed for refugees in Dadaab, Kenya, as camps close https://www.medsf.org/urgent-solutions-needed-refugees-dadaab-kenya-camps-close With the planned closure of Kenya’s refugee camps, a precarious future awaits hundreds of thousands of Somalis. Mon, 06 Dec 2021 09:37:28 +0000 a06f726b-6dc2-4c13-85b9-4ca5ac81d395 In search of dignity: Refugees in Kenya face a reckoning https://www.medsf.org/search-dignity-refugees-kenya-face-reckoning A new Médecins Sans Frontières (MEDSF) report outlines the potential dangers facing refugees in Kenya who will find themselves abandoned after camps close next year. Mon, 06 Dec 2021 09:10:22 +0000 d7a7355c-b1af-452a-88db-351de9c2e32a Returning is not a solution for Dadaab camp refugees in Kenya https://www.medsf.org/returning-not-solution-dadaab-camp-refugees-kenya Following the decision to close the camps in Dadaab, Kenya, refugees say being forced back to Somalia could lead to a far worse humanitarian crisis. Fri, 18 Jun 2021 13:57:30 +0000 d8c70da2-2723-495f-b63b-746daf73e5c8