Category : Climate Change | Location : International | Posted on 2022-12-22 22:44:41
Climate-linked health emergencies are on the rise across Africa and the deadly cholera outbreak in drought-hit Kenya is only the latest example.
Kenyan authorities and health experts have put citizens on high alert, citing the devastating effects of prolonged drought on major water towers and catchment areas.
They say this has resulted in acute water shortage and rationing, leading to poor sanitation and cholera outbreaks in major towns and counties like Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos and Kajiado.
“Besides causing cholera, diminishing water resources due to severe drought in parts of the country are likely to lead to outbreak of other diseases associated with poor sanitation,” warned Francis Kuria, head of public health at Kenya’s ministry of health.
