About this episode

Kenyan authorities deny reports of aid workers being quarantined for Ebola while discussing foundational learning challenges in Africa.

Kenyan authorities have denied reports that seven aid workers are quarantined in an Ebola facility in Central Kenya. Members of the public and civil society groups have raised concerns following reports that the aid workers who worked at Ebola health facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are quarantined at a US military base in the country. And, we shed the spotlight on foundational learning in Africa. According to UNICEF, four out of five children across Africa are unable to read or understand a simple sentence by the age of 10. Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna Producers: Bella Twine, Keikantse Shumba, and Blessing Aderogba Senior Producers: Caroline Mwangi and Charles Gitonga Technical Producer: Maxwell Onyango Editors: Rhoda Odhiambo and Maryam Abdalla

People in this episode

Host: Nkechi Ogbonna

Topics covered

• Ebola
• Kenya
• aid workers
• public health
• foundational learning
• education in Africa

Keywords

• Ebola
• Kenya
• aid workers
• quarantine
• UNICEF
• education
• public health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kenyan authorities, UNICEF

Places: Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo

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