PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax – Kenya: (NR) bovine, human

Anthrax — Kenya
A health officer in Trans-Mara, Narok County has raised the alarm after 2 people on Fri 19 Jan 2018 resorted to traditional means to treat themselves after contracting anthrax. The 2, a mother and a son, contracted the disease after consuming meat from a dead cow suspected to have died of anthrax in Mosotik Village on the same day.
Confirming the incident, Trans-Mara East Sub-County public health promotion officer Micheal Cheruiyot also revealed that several other people consumed the meat