28/11/2025
The Department of Health and Sanitation Services participated in a Climate Change research consultative meeting organized by the The Novel Extreme Weather Risk Insurance System for Kenya (NEWRISK) Project an intiative of the project teams from KEMRI Wellcome and UniofOxford.
The NEWRISK Project is funded by NIHRresearch and is led by Dr Benjamin Tsofa and Prof Jake McKnight and seeks to generate evidence that can inform health systems preparedness and recovery in response to climate change and extreme weather events.
The meeting also brought together multi sector teams from Kenya Meteorological department, and the County Government had representatives from the department of Water, Environment Natural Resources and Climate Change, Finance and Economic Planning, and Special programs and Disaster Management.
Kilifi County Government