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How Bungoma County is bridging donor funding gap to sustain NTD interventions

Kenya continues to grapple with the burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) even as it races against time to meet the World Health Organization’s 2030 elimination target. The diseases targeted for elimination amid dwindling donor funding include Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia), Soil-Transmitted Helminths (intestinal worms), Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis), Onchocerciasis (River Blindness), Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar), and Trachoma, which […]