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The IRC in Kenya has been responding to a polio outbreak in the world’s largest refugee complex, Dadaab. The five camps in this sprawling complex house almost half a million refugees, mainly from Somalia.
The International Rescue Committee in Kenya has been responding to a polio outbreak in the world’s largest refugee complex, Dadaab. “We were the first organization to detect the disease,” explains Hassan Coulibaly, who runs IRC’s operations in Hagadera, one of five camps in this sprawling complex that houses almost half a million refugees, mainly from Somalia.