The Department of Health and Sanitation held talks with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO), among other partners in the health sector, to discuss rapid response updates on the recently reported cholera outbreak in Kalobeyei Settlement in Turkana West Sub County.
During the meeting, all the strategic response interventions and areas of emergency preparedness and response plan such as surveillance, contact tracing and many more across the county, were discussed.
Chairing the meeting, the Deputy Director for Medical Services, Dr.
Bonventure Ameyo emphasized the need for strengthening county and sub-county rapid response activities clustered around coordination and surveillance, especially in identified hotspots and points of entry. "We need to strengthen awareness creation and risk communication, commodity prepositioning and management, case management, laboratory and logistical management water sanitation and hygiene/infection prevention," he added.
