Vihiga Chief Officer for Health Services, Dr.
Mary Anyiendah, has received a delegation from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), led by Dr Lynne Elson, ahead of the rollout of a major Tungiasis research project in Vihiga County.
The upcoming project aims to address Tungiasis, a severely neglected tropical disease caused by sand fleas (commonly known as jiggers), which disproportionately affects children and elderly individuals in resource-poor communities across Vihiga and Kenya at large.
Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the three-year initiative (2025-2027) seeks to bridge critical knowledge gaps and generate robust scientific evidence to inform national and local health policies as well as future funding priorities.
