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Announcement! Announcement!

Following the research that was done by KEMRI-CDC they found out that most people in District XXX who live in the villages along the shores of Lake Victoria have Bilharzia. These villages include XXXX, YYYYY.

KEMRI CDC through MOPHS (Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation) is facilitating CHWs from the above mentioned villages to conduct a Community Wide Treatment for Bilharzia. The CHWs will be moving from door to door giving the medicine that treat Bilharzia free of charge. We urge you to take the medicine that will be provided so as to treat Bilharzia.

We are also urging everybody in these villages from age five and above to take these drugs that treat bilharzia.

Bilharzia is a disease that we contract when we get into contact with infected water in the lake, pond, river etc. it brings other complications like liver disease, anemia, stomach extension, general body malaise that will make you not to attend to your daily activities properly.

In children bilharzia affects their growth process and it also affects their thinking process in class.

If you have any question you can contact xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx from KEMRI on mobile number 0722XXXXXXXX