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WHO Validation Marks Kenya’s Success in Eliminating Sleeping Sickness

KENYA, AUG 10 – Kenya reduced sleeping sickness cases to near zero by 2009 and is now the fifth Sub-Saharan African country to eliminate it as a public health threat, WHO said.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach this important milestone.

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allAfrica broke the news in South Africa on Sunday, August 10, 2025.
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