GOVERNMENT & PARTNERS HEALTH INTERVENTION MEASURES, REMARKABLE INDEED

Mandera County has a population of about 1.2 million people with 64 functional health facilities.

The county is facing disease outbreaks such as cholera, dengue fever and chikungunya.

Chikungunya, a viral disease which is spread by infected Aedes mosquito, has no cure, except painkillers to relieve the pains.

Currently only 92 patients are admitted at the County Referral Hospital out of the at least 540 people who were admitted in hospital.
Chikungunya was first reported on May 25.

The ongoing Chikugunya outbreak in Mandera has not even spared Mandera County leaders such, HE Governor, CEC Health, and among others. Ever since the virus was confirmed the county government and stakeholders have been working round the clock to contain the spread of the diseases. However, few of our Volunteer teams turn out to be the victims, but braved it the situation to assist by reducing the impacts and relieving the condition of the sick.

We thus advise the public on prevention. To prevent Aeties mosquito bite wear long sleeved shirts, trousers and smear your face, hands with Mosquito repellent jelly and use treated mosquito net.

The Ministry of health has distributed over 5000 insecticide treated mosquito nets and 500 litres of chemicals for indoor spraying. In addition, engaged the community health volunteers to conduct door to door visits to identify and spray mosquito breeding sites. The Ministry of health (National) is partnering with the County government of Mandera to carry out public health education campaigns in the region.

Let me take earliest opportunity to thank Mandera County health workers, partners and volunteers for the good job on their interventions. Already the efforts are bearing fruits and the county stakeholders should look into preventive measures for future avoidance on such disaster recurrence.

We thank Mandera County for scaling up hygiene and sanitation measures to control and prevent the spread of Cholera.

We thank and hail development partners for their continued support to the county and national government to contain disease outbreaks.

Thanks to WHO, Kenya Red Cross Society, MSF Kenya, UNFPA, UNICEF, AMREF, OCHA and IGAD.