Christopher Ngugi, one of the anthrax victim which occurred in in February 2024 at Kanguku village Muranga county. [Collins oduor, Standard]
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Kenya has laid out a plan to eliminate Anthrax in humans and reduce incidence in animals - to less than 1 per cent of the 2020 baseline - by 2036.
The anthrax prevention and control strategy notes that the disease is primarily controlled through animal vaccination. This is also the position adopted by the global anthrax elimination programme, led by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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