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Medics raise alarm as Kala-azar cases increase

Kala azar tretament centre in Kacheliba sub-county hospital. [File, Standard]

Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) officials have been deployed to several parts of Turkana County as cases of Kala-azar rise.

On Friday, doctors expressed concern over what they termed as high rate of infection and called for urgent interventions to tame the spread of the neglected tropical disease.

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