Kenya’s disease surveillance and early warning systems will be in focus Friday as the world marks this year’s Zoonoses Day to promote awareness about human diseases that come from animals.
A recent fresh outbreak of the deadly Rift Valley Fever (RVF) disease in North Eastern Kenya has rekindled debate about the country’s capacity to detect and prevent the transmission of diseases from animals to humans after a warning by experts, alarmed by the recent unusually heavy rains and floods in most parts of the country, came to pass.
