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8 Min Read UK shuts down vital health programme to tackle tropical diseases Aid cuts mean 20,000 to 30,000 more deaths from VL, says WHO
KACHELIBA, Kenya / DHAKA, July 07 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A t first, 5-year-old Msto Pushen’s family thought his fever and malaise could be remedied by giving him some local herbs.
When that didn’t work, they carried him on foot from their village in western Kenya some hours across the semi-arid scrub to a clinic where he was handed malaria pills and sent home.
But as the weeks passed, the boy’s condition worsened: his weight dropped by almost a third, his belly ballooned, and he became so weak he could barely stand.
UK Aid Cuts Spark Fears About Rise in Deadly Parasitic Disease As Health Programme Shuts globalcitizen.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalcitizen.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.