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Nakuru residents face stigma as disease ravages them

Gilgil Health Promotion Officer Florence Nyokabi with Vincent Mwangi, who was diagnosed with leishmaniasis, a tropical disease in Nakuru. [Harun Wathari, Standard]

Vincent Mwangi should be enjoying his youth, but a rare disease has made his life miserable. The 29-year-old from Gitare village in Gilgil has leishmaniasis, a tropical neglected skin disease that has seen locals of Nakuru County suffer silently because of stigma associated with it.

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