Four children die, 13 sick as rare disease spreads

Regina Kasyoka nurses her son, who has the kala-azar disease, at the Garissa Level Five Hospital, yesterday, five days after her daughter succumbed to the same disease. [Philip Muasya, Standard]   

Four children have been killed by an infectious disease in Mwingi North, Kitui County.

Thirteen others are undergoing treatment at Garissa Level Five Hospital following the outbreak of kala-azar, a disease caused by infection with leishmania parasites.