Topic: Kenya

Experts carrying out a world health probe said Monday fear and the lack of a clear severity assessment had hampered the response to the swine flu pandemic over the past year.The issues were raised by several of the 29 experts in their ...

Visiting students brought swine flu to Kenya: study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Travelers from Britain, including medical and public health students, brought the new pandemic swine flu to Kenya in the space of a few weeks, researchers reported on Thursday.Researchers testing out the East African country's new influenza surveillance system said ...

Tanzania records first swine flu case

Tanzanian officials said Wednesday that a 17-year-old British student who was hospitalised earlier this month has been confirmed as the east African country's first case of swine flu.Andrew Swai, director of clinical services at the country's main referral hospital in the capital ...

Kenya reports first confirmed case of swine flu

Kenya on Monday confirmed its first case of A(H1N1) influenza in a British national who travelled to the east African country on a student trip. "This is the first case of confirmed swine flu diagnosed in Kenya and whose infection occurred in ...