Overview

• The WHO confirmed Kenya’s elimination of human African trypanosomiasis in June and formally presented the certificate to Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale on August 8.
• Kenya maintained zero locally transmitted sleeping sickness cases since 2009 through sustained surveillance, rural lab upgrades and expanded treatment access.
• Under the five-year post-elimination plan, the Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council will intensify tsetse fly control and monitoring at 12 sentinel sites.
• A staged national roadmap sets targets to eliminate trachoma and lymphatic filariasis by 2027, tackle onchocerciasis by 2028 and curb diseases such as leishmaniasis and dengue by 2030.
• Collaborations with AMREF Health Africa, FIND and county health authorities will support diagnostics enhancement, community outreach and Universal Health Coverage goals.