Kenya Has Eliminated Sleeping Sickness, Says WHO

Kenya declared free of sleeping sickness as public health problem

Kenya has made history, becoming the second African nation after Rwanda to eliminate the disease as a public health problem .

Kenya has eliminated sleeping sickness, says WHO

Kenya has eliminated sleeping sickness as a public health problem, the World Health Organization announced on Friday, making it the 10th country to do so.

WHO Declares Kenya Free of Sleeping Sickness – The Indian Awaaz

AMN/ WEB DESK The World Health Organisation (WHO) certified Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, as a public health challenge, making it the 10th country to reach this critical milestone. In a statement issued in Nairobi, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated the government and people of Kenya on […]

WHO Confirms Kenya Is Free From Sleeping Sickness Now

Sleeping sickness, officially known as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is a vector-borne disease found mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Without treatment, it is usually fatal, according to the World Health Organization. The illness spreads to people through the bites of tsetse flies that carry the parasite Trypanosoma brucei after feeding on infected humans or animals. Rural […] The post WHO Confirms Kenya Is Free From Sleeping Sickness Now ap…

WHO Confirms Kenya Has Eliminated Sleeping Sickness - SUCH TV - Daily news Update

The World Health Organization announced on Friday that Kenya has officially eliminated sleeping sickness as a public health concern, becoming the 10th country to achieve this milestone. The vector-borne disease, formally called human African trypanosomiasis, is endemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Without treatment, HAT is generally […]