Updates on cholera, measles, kala-azar in Kenya

20 January 2020

Three diseases continue to trouble the country. News this week of another measles outbreak, this time in Alale, Pokot North sub-county. Cholera cases are persisting in Garissa, Mandera, Turkana and Kirinyaga counties while Garissa, Mandera, Marsabit and Wajir are still reporting visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) infections – adding to the nearly 2,900 recorded last year. Read more.

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