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Kenya achieves elimination of human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness as a public health problem

August 6, 2025

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem, making it the tenth country to reach this important milestone. HAT is the second neglected tropical disease (NTD) to be eliminated in Kenya: the country was certified free of Guinea worm disease in 2018.

Original Source: https://www.who.int/news/item/08-08-2025-kenya-achieves-elimination-of-human-african-trypanosomiasis-or-sleeping-sickness

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