Disaster and health experts from nine African nations convened in Nairobi, Kenya, for a five-day planning workshop on Pandemic Influenza Response from August 31 to September 4, 2009. Sponsored and facilitated by U.S. Africa Command through its Pandemic Response Program (PRP), the event was hosted by the Golden Spear Regional Disaster Management Center of Excellence…
Director’s Address Regional Disaster Management Center of Excellence international conference on pandemic influenza civil – military contingency planning workshop, Nairobi, Kenya 31 august 2009 – 4 September 2009 This is a great day to all of us assembled here. It is even greater to the people of the Republic of Kenya, the Center and the…
Golden Spear Initiative Kenya joined six other countries from the region in signing a Memorandum of Association that requires them to formulate legal, policy and management framework to support a joint approach to regional disaster management. The signing, under the Golden Spear Initiative, a United States government-sponsored approach that brings together eleven countries from the…