Flooding compounds Kenya's healthcare crisis
Several people were reported missing after a boat capsized in Mororo, Bangale, Tana River County in Kenya. The Nation newspaper reports that the missing were crossing the flooded area from Madogo to Garissa town when the incident took place. Kenya and much of East Africa have been experiencing major flooding with death toll put at 76. Jeffrey Okoro, Executive Director of CFK Africa, an NGO that works with community members to improve public health, education outcomes, and economic opportunities in informal settlements in Kenya, tells VOA’s James Butty, the crisis in access to healthcare has been compounded by the major flooding across Kenya.
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