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Kala-azar: Killer disease that torments the poor

Lochacharuk Akwiny and his daughter Chepterit Lochacharuk who is recovering from Kala-azar at the treatment centre.

At Kacheliba in West Pokot is a treatment centre that caters to Kala-azar — a neglected tropical disease.

According to doctors without borders, Kala-azar is the second largest parasitic killer in the world — only malaria is more deadly. It is endemic in 47 countries with approximately 200 million people at risk of infection.

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