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Trachoma, Bilharzia still afflicting Kenyans

Maurine Undisa (l) seated with her mother Elizabeth Undisa. she blames Kakamega for not having disgnosed her earlier properly and given her proper medical help, leading to her current state of suffering from acute elephantiasis. [PHOTO: ERIC LUNGA/STANDARD]

Neglected Tropical diseases (NTDs) still pose considerable risk to the Kenyan population with as many as 50 per cent at risk of the same.

This emerged last month at the 10th NTDs conference held at the Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds and organised by Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri).

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