Ebola reaches Kenya. What's the response?
Focus on Africa

Ebola reaches Kenya. What's the response?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 202622 min
  • Interview
  • Health

Kenya has allocated $538 million to its Ebola response after confirming the country’s first case, linked to the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The money will support efforts to prevent further spread as health authorities step up surveillance and contact tracing. We look at whether Kenya and its neighbours are prepared as transmission continues in eastern DRC. In Liberia, hundreds of chimpanzees used in decades of medical experiments were left behind after the research ended. We look at what happens to lab animals when scientists no longer need them. Presenter: Blessing Aderogba Pr...

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travelling from DRC through Uganda tested positive in the country.

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We are working with the three countries and even more to reinforce the regional preparedness

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Hello, I'm Blessing Adirabha, and here's what's coming up for you on this edition of Focus on Africa. Kenyan authorities say they are stepping up Ebola surveillance measures after a patient travelling from DRC through Uganda tested positive in the country.

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We look at the effectiveness of cross-border screening for the virus. We are working with the three countries and even more to reinforce the regional preparedness mechanism. Kenya was well prepared.

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This is why immediately they could receive the case, they could take appropriate action, but it's not the case for all other countries. And hundreds of chimpanzees, once used in invasive medical research, now call a Liberian sanctuary home.

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