The Kenya Association of Physicians has said Kenya should not establish an Ebola quarantine facility because the Bundibugyo strain carries a significant risk with no known vaccine or treatment.

KMPDU rejects planned US-Kenya Ebola quarantine centre, SG Devji Atellah warns of nationwide strike if government fails to make deal public within 48 hours.

Kenya’s largest doctors’ union has strongly opposed reported plans to establish a U

NAIROBI: A Kenyan rights group said on Thursday it had filed a court petition against plans to establish an Ebola quarantine center for US nationals in the east African country.…

The plan to launch this week a health facility in Kenya for Americans who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus has received widespread criticism – from both Kenyan doctors and…

The plan to launch this week a health facility in Kenya for Americans who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus has received widespread criticism – from both Kenyan doctors and…

The 50-bed unit facility is slated to become operational on Friday

A Kenyan rights group has filed a petition to block a US-funded Ebola quarantine center in Kenya, citing constitutional concerns and public health risks. L

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has condemned the Kenyan government's negotiations with the US to establish an Ebola quarantine facility at…

Kenya has approved a request from the US to open a quarantine facility in Kenya.

NAIROBI: Kenya has provided written approval for the US to open a quarantine facility in the East African nation for Americans exposed to the Ebola outbreak centered in the…

Kinshasa/Bunia: Kenya has approved a request from the US to open a quarantine facility in the East African nation for Americans exposed to Ebola, two US officials told Reuters on…

A Kenyan rights group said on Thursday it had filed a court petition against plans to establish an Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals in the East African country.

A Kenyan high court has temporarily frozen plans by the United States to establish an Ebola quarantine and treatment facility in Kenya – which has not recorded any Ebola cases –…

WASHINGTON/NAIROBI —The United States is setting up a facility in Kenya to quarantine Americans who have been exposed to Ebola, and will not bring them home...

The US proposal to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya has been met with a fierce backlash from medical workers in the East African country, where no cases have been…

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Clinical, ethical, and legal issues abound

The High Court of Kenya has called for a temporary halt to the United States' plans to establish a 50-bed Ebola quarantine facility for Americans.

The centre was supposed to house Americans arriving from DR Congo, which is battling a major Ebola outbreak.

A Kenyan advocacy group challenged the center alleging the 50-bed facility was being established in a “secretive, unilateral” manner.