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Kenya Validated by WHO for Eliminating Sleeping Sickness as a Public Health Problem

by Ministry of Health
August 8, 2025
Health
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Since the first recorded case in 1901 and the first documented diagnosis in Samia in 1942, sleeping sickness has plagued communities in Busia, Bungoma, Siaya, Homa Bay, Migori, and Narok counties, putting more than seven million people at risk.

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