The hidden health toll on East Africa's key logistics artery

Trucks snarl up in Malaba border, Busia County. [File, Standard]

The Northern Transport Corridor has for years been viewed as a key transport artery for the East African region, facilitating the movement of people and goods, but rarely looked at through the eyes of public health officials. 

And when the corridor’s health issues are discussed, they have usually centred on HIV, with it being seen as facilitating transmission from one town to another and one country to the next.