CDC in Kenya
In Kenya, the CDC is addressing the region's toughest health problems at their source, directly working with vulnerable families and communities in local hospitals, clinics, and laboratories.
CDC in the News
Allen School Program Detects Disease Symptoms in Kenyan Communities
The Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health has teamed up with the CDC and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in Nairobi to conduct a wide-scale survey on animal disease in the Nyanza Province of western Kenya.
Highlighting the importance of typhoid in Africa and a plug for CDC-Kenya’s work in Kibera
Public awareness about typhoid is essential for effective control and prevention.
Why We're Here
CDC-Kenya's mission is to promote measurable, substantive public health advances in Kenya and throughout the region.
What CDC Is Doing
CDC applies cutting edge solutions and technologies to reduce disease and protect health in challenging, underdeveloped places.
Where We Work
CDC addresses the region's toughest health problems at their source, directly working with at-risk and vulnerable families, communities, and clinics.
Our Progress
CDC's Kenya operations are an exceptional investment, accomplishing major health impacts with minimal resources.
Feature Stories
The Snowball Effect Battling Malaria on a Global Stage
In a district hospital in western Kenya, more than 200 mothers and children crowd into a small room, hoping to be seen by the hospital's one outpatient healthcare worker. Inside the hospital is an even bleaker scene. Two, three, or even four seriously ill children lie piled on a single hospital bed. When the nurses prick their small arms to give them transfusions or medicine, their blood is pale pink instead of a healthy red, destroyed by the malaria parasites that have feasted on their tiny bodies… More
Posted June 22, 2011
Video Story
Spotlight Achievement
96,000
HIV-positive pregnant women in Kenya have received a full course of antiretroviral prophylaxis.
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