Kenya

In 1994, with help from The Carter Center and its partners, Kenya was one of the first endemic countries to halt transmission of Guinea worm disease. The partnership forged for better health continued through the Center's observation of Kenya's historic 2002 election.

Waging Peace

Breaking a 34-year political hold by the ruling party in Kenya, a former ally of the longtime president won the presidency in a milestone election that The Carter Center observed to be open and competitive despite some irregularities.

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Fighting Disease

From 1993 to 1994, Kenya's Ministry of Health conducted village-by-village searches for cases of Guinea worm disease in districts adjacent to its borders with Uganda and Sudan, areas thought to be at greatest risk for having endemic disease. A total of 53 cases of Guinea worm disease, most of them imported from Sudan, were found in Turkana and West Pokot districts of Kenya.

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