The #NTD team at Lugari station village in Kaimosi-Kakamega.
This is a region that borders the previously endemic sites.
The team aims to establish if this could now be a potential breeding site
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#onchocerciasis
#onchoeliminationkenya
#lastmile
#beatNTDs
During the #onchocerciasis reconnaissance visit, our #communityhealth promoters are playing a vital role in community engagement and interviewing community members on #blackflies in the villages.
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#onchoeliminationkenya
#beatNTDs
#endingtheneglect
Today marks day 5 of the #onchocerciasis reconnaissance visit
The #NTD team at Mumias Central Ward-Angola Village looking for larvae and pupa stages of simulium on trailing vegetation & crabs present in the area
#onchoeliminationkenya
#elimination
#lastmile
#endingtheneglect
#NTD team at Nyapora village in Mumias Central Ward carrying out the #onchocerciasis reconnaissance.
#beatNTDs
#onchoeliminationKenya
#lastmile
#endingtheneglect
Today marks the last day of the #onchocerciasis reconnaissance visit in formerly endemic sites.
We thank all the teams for their dedication throughout this activity whose results will inform programmatic decisions.
#beatNTDs
#onchoeliminationkenya
#lastmile
At Angola village in Mumias Central Ward with the team, looking for larvae and pupa stages of simulium
#onchocerciasis
#endingtheneglect
#BeatNTDs
#onchoeliminationkenya
#NTD team at Mfutu Village which is adjacent to previously endemic sites in Kaimosi-Kakamega region establishing if it is a potential breeding site and endemic for #onchocerciasis
#onchoeliminationKenya
#onchoreconnaissance
#eliminination
#beatNTDs
#lastmile
#endingtheneglect
Courtesy call at Vihiga county
with the Director for Health Services; Dr. Benjamin Induswe & the
#NTD Coordinator; Bernard Makhatiani briefing the Ministry of Health Vihiga team on the #onchocerciasis reconnaissance visit to begin today
#onchoeliminationkenya
#beatNTDs
Interesting fact!
The #community members quickly and easily catch crabs with a crafted hook by using an earthworm as bait.
#Entomologists from Division of Vector Borne and NTDs, Kenya inspecting the crab for simulium neavei larvae
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#beatNTDs
