Kenya Polio Outbreak 2026 - DREF Operation (MDRKE073)

Country: Kenya Source: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Please refer to the attached file. Description of the Event Date when the trigger was met What happened, where and when? A laboratory-confirmed case of circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Type 2 (cVDPV2) was detected in a 48-month-old female child from a newly arrived Somali refugee household residing in the Ifo 2 West in Dadaab refugee camp. The case was confirmed on 18 August 2026 and is genetically link