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Rift Valley fever (RVF) is one of the most serious transboundary animal diseases as well as an important zoonosis.
An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever is currently occuring in Kenya and Somalia (since December 2006), where approximatively 400 human cases have been reported reported with 118 deaths. Latest information seem to indicate a slowing down in the outbreak, in particular due to the emergency vaccination measures that have been implemented (400,000 heads of cattle have been vaccinated so far and the Kenyan government is targeting 2 million in the affected areas and other districts prone to the epizootic).
On the Rift Valley Fever pages of the ALive website (go to Resources/Rift Valley Fever or click here), you will find :
- the current situation in Kenya (as of February 2, 2007);
- a description of the disease (OIE and FAO disease cards);
- information on existing Early Warning Systems, that had predicted a possible RVF activity in the horn of Africa since November 2006;
- existing contingency and emergency plans from FAO;
- a desk review on outbreaks of RVF in Western and Eastern (to be completed) Africa;
- a portfolio on RVF (under construction).
These pages are under construction - Please do not hesitate to share any information, documents and tools on RVF on the ALive platform (secretariat@alive-online.org).
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