How to deal with diseases that come with floods

Dr Judy Kimaru, disaster manager for Africa at World Animal Protection, at work during the vaccination, deworming and treatment drive in Makueni County early this month. [Gardy Chacha, Standard]

Patrick Muleli, a subsistence farmer in Makueni County, wakes up every day to attend to his livestock: cattle, goats and sheep. The animals are his lifeline.

That is why he jealously protects them from anything that threatens their health. When he heard recently that a free vaccination and treatment drive was in the offing, he was among first farmers whose animals were be attended to by vets.