Global Disease Detectives in Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya.mp4

Please take a moment to view the video provided through the link below. The video, produced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and filmed on location in Kibera, the largest contiguous urban informal settlement in Africa, highlights the importance of maintaining surveillance indicators to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, especially in densely populated urban slums where sanitation may be sub-optimal and emerging diseases could spread rapidly from person to person within the slum and to neighboring communities. The video is short, just five minutes, but provides a perspective for the need to stay alert to indicators of disease that could affect large numbers of people locally and globally, all the while improving the health of those under surveillance by strengthening access to health care and introducing new interventions like vaccines and programs to improve sanitation and hygiene.

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• CDC
• disease surveillance
• Kibera
• Nairobi
• Kenya
• Embassy
• American Embassy