Kenya well prepared to handle Ebola outbreak

There have been many questions about Kenya’s preparedness to handle Ebola if it ever crossed into our country but what does preparedness entail? What should you look for to determine whether a country is ready or not?

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organisation (WHO) have each given standards that should be met for a country to be considered ‘prepared’ and we can rate Kenya’s state based on the following:
Overall coordination: A country needs to clarify which national authority is in charge of what particular activities. Local and international partners are identified and their roles clarified.