Alarm as leprosy cases rise years after elimination

Angelina Muchele a leprosy patient during the interview in Baraka village, Msambweni, Kwale County on June 26, 2014. [File, Standard]

Cases of leprosy are on the rise despite the disease having been eliminated from the country in 1989.

The warning is contained in a report published on April 22, by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO).