As aid dries up in Kenya, millions are threatened by the climate-driven disease kala-azar

Grist
By Georgia GeeNov 4, 2025, 4:30 am122 pts
Longorot Epuu’s 8-year-old niece, his namesake, was sick. Epuu quickly recognized the signs of kala-azar, the “black fever,” while visiting his brother’s family in a neighboring village in Kenya’s vast, arid Turkana region in September of last year. The younger Longorot had a high fever and a swollen…

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