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Researchers call for awareness drive on neglected tropical diseases

By Standard Reporter | Dec. 13, 2014

Joy Wanja Muraya, a journalist with The Standard on Saturday, with the Kisumu County Executive for Health Services Elizabeth Ogaja at the the 8th Annual National Tropical Diseases Cônference in Kisumu on Thursday. Ms Muraya won the 2014 NTD Journalist of the Year award for coverage of neglected diseases. [PHOTO: COURTESY]

Scientists have called for a concerted effort in creating awareness on neglected but more affecting tropical diseases.

According to health experts, the diseases affect the world’s poorest and are more common in tropical areas, where people have little access to clean water or proper waste disposal mechanism.

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