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

  • Catherine Wenger
  • Feb 6, 2022
  • 1 min read

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:




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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

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