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Kenya: New Cases of Dengue Fever, Kala-Azar Reported in Kenya's North
19 February 2013
...Kala-azar
Meanwhile, senior health officials have denied reports of an outbreak of kala-azar, a parasitic disease, in Wajir District, also in northern Kenya.
"Wajir south is prone to periodic, frequent cases of kala-azar. The last cases were reported late last year, [and] I am not aware of any fresh cases or new outbreak," Abdikadir Sheikh, the provincial director of public health and sanitation, told IRIN.
But officials at the NGO Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (NDI) told IRIN they had received unconfirmed reports of possible new cases of the disease...
Kenya: New Cases of Dengue Fever, Kala-Azar Reported in Kenya's North
19 February 2013
...Kala-azar
Meanwhile, senior health officials have denied reports of an outbreak of kala-azar, a parasitic disease, in Wajir District, also in northern Kenya.
"Wajir south is prone to periodic, frequent cases of kala-azar. The last cases were reported late last year, [and] I am not aware of any fresh cases or new outbreak," Abdikadir Sheikh, the provincial director of public health and sanitation, told IRIN.
But officials at the NGO Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (NDI) told IRIN they had received unconfirmed reports of possible new cases of the disease...
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