How Kenya brought Ebola to its doorstep

In August, Kenya National Public Health Institute (KNPHI) teams, with support from WHO and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), trained health workers and border officials at Busia, Malaba and Lwakhakha to recognise suspected Ebola cases, report contacts and strengthen infection prevention.

Kenya had also trained some 4,971 health workers at national and county levels on Ebola prevention and management.

Health workers in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) practice safety check protocols on each other during a training by medical charity, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to reinforce regional emergency response capacity for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County in Kenya on July 10, 2026.