Nairobi - A cholera outbreak has killed at least seven people and infected 33 others over the past week in western Kenya, health officials said Monday, as authorities struggled to contain the disease.

The fatalities included three children and four adults who died in Sindo and Mbita trading posts, said Suda district medical officer of health David Soti.

A total of 33 patients are admitted in three health centres in the affected district, about 330 kilometres northwest of the capital Nairobi, he added.

Public health officers have shut public eateries and markets as well as appealed to the public to observe high sanitation standards in the district in a bid to contain the highly contagious disease.

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Cholera is a waterborne disease which causes serious diarrhoea and vomiting and can be fatal if not treated within 24 hours. It can be prevented by washing hands before handling food and avoiding contaminated drinking water. - Sapa-AFP

Question : when traveling to Kenya, what shots do people need before entering.
I know cholera is one of them and yellow fever. Are there more?
It's been so long that i almost forgot this....

Ives

Ives, it is always best to contact the tropical Institute of your country to find out what is suggested.

Usually Yellow fever is the only compulsory vaccination and lasts 10 years.

Cholera is advisable for those who eat and stay at places where locals go, especially when there have been reports like now.

Malaria prophylaxis is never a bad idea.

Hepatitis vaccination is also not a bad idea.

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