Health Kenya must wake up to the threat of Rift Valley FeverA public health worker sprays against mosquitoes during a past Rift Valley Fever outbreak. Often, heavy rainfall causes flooding of low-lying grasslands, known as dambos, which in turn leads to the hatching of Rift Valley Fever-infected mosquito eggs. Rift Valley Fever spreads in a number of ways. Animal vaccination programmes can also help prevent a possible outbreak of Rift Valley Fever. Not the firstThe pending threat of a Rift Valley Fever outbreak is not the first in Kenya.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 05, 2018 07:07 UTC