05 May Kenyan health campaign reaches out to illegal refugees
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Katy Migiro, AlertNet
NAIROBI (AlertNet) – A Kenyan campaign to improve access to healthcare is targeting Somali refugees and other at risk migrant populations, following an outbreak of measles that has infected an estimated 1,200 people in the east African country.
Kenya has experienced repeated measles outbreaks despite regular national immunisation campaigns because of an influx of unvaccinated refugees and illegal migrants from neighbouring war-torn countries where health systems have broken down.