Interagency Emergency Health Kits to Kenya

As a result of the present violence in Kenya related to the controversy over the outcome of the presidential election in Kenya in December 2007, many people are in immediate need for emergency assistance.

According to information from Kenya Red Cross, over 100,000 people have been affected or displaced countrywide and many people have been reported dead and injured.

Kenya Red Cross Society personnel and volunteers are assisting the affected people throughout the country, taking the injured to hospitals and clinics.

Through the Red Cross organisation Missionpharma is dispatching Interagency Emergency Health Kits (IEHKs) to Kenya to accommodate the urgent need for medical assistance.

Each IEHK kit provides medicines and medical devices for 10.000 people for approximately 3 months. Missionpharma has recently dispatched six complete Interagency Emergency Health Kits to Kenya in order meet the increased need for emergency aid.

The tension is still high in Kenya and people are being displaced into police stations, churches, schools and market centres. Many roads are still blocked which makes it difficult for humanitarian help to get through. Essential supplies and key markets have also been affected.

Missionpharma is today the world's largest supplier of medical kits with more than 30 years of experience. During the past 5 years, we have distributed more than 600.000 medical kits worldwide.

Over the years the concept of emergency health kits has been adopted by many organisations and national authorities as a reliable, standardized, affordable and quickly available source of essential medicines and medical devices urgently needed in a disaster situation.

IEHK features

The IEHK is composed, packed and delivered according to WHO guidelines and is designed to meet the first primary healthcare needs of a displaced population without medical facilities.

Each carton in the IEHK is marked with colour codes and carton numbers to ensure easy identification.

The kit features many advantages, some of which are mentioned below:

• Cartons are designed with two soft handles which make the cartons easy to handle.
• All cartons are secured with an inner plastic bag.
• All cartons are marked with colour codes and carton numbers to ensure easy identification.
• Trilingual packing lists with complete information about products, quantities, batch numbers and expiry dates are fixed on the outside of the cartons.
• Trilingual booklets with diagnostic and treatment guidelines are included in the kit.

Readily available

Missionpharma holds IEHK frame agreements with major NGO's, and the kit is usually available from stock. This enables us to dispatch IEHKs within 48 hours upon receipt of firm order.

Contact us

You are welcome to contact us at any time if you have any questions or wish to have further information about the IEHK.

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