01 November 2021, Tsangatsini, Kenya - Animal health technician Hassan Iddi, 37, prepares a vaccine during a vaccination drive.
Background information
The combined effects of crop and pasture losses caused by desert locust, COVID-19 related mitigation measures, and consecutive below-average rainy seasons have placed communities in the arid and semi-arid lands of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia at risk of severe food insecurity and loss of livelihood.