Kala-azar: The burden of anaemic illness in the northern counties

By Fred Kibor, Sammy Lutta, Florah Koech and Oscar Kakai on February 3, 2022

Patients from all over Kenya travel to Chemolingot Sub-County Hospital to be treated for Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar). Read about patient stories and the burden of Kala-azar at the hospital and in Kenya here:

https://nation.africa/kenya/healthy-nation/kala-azar-the-burden-of-anaemic-illness-in-the-northern-counties-3704060

Poriot Lomertekei, 25, from Riongo village in Tiaty, Baringo, who is being treated for kala-azar at Chemolingot Sub-County Hospital.

PHOTO BY: JARED NYATAYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP