WHO in initiative to raise funds to fight hunger

Stunted maize stocks in a farm in Mbeere, Embu County due to failed rains. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]

The World Health Organisation Foundation has launched a fundraising campaign to raise funds to respond to the drought crises in the Horn of Africa and the Sahel region in Africa.

According to WHO, 28 million people in the greater Horn of Africa are acutely food insecure. These countries include parts of Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda. The situation, WHO notes, has worsened health risks in the region with access to health care deteriorating.