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Richard Wamai, an associate professor of cultures, societies, and global studies at Northeastern, helped to build a research and treatment center in Kenya to combat visceral leishmaniasis, the second-most deadly parasitic disease after malaria. Photos by Natalia Jidovanu for Northeastern University

A Disease You May Not Have Heard of Kills 20,000 People Every Year. He’s Working to Combat It.

By Anthony Kuria Wanjiru - contributor
August 12, 2019
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A Disease You May Not Have Heard of Kills 20,000 People Every Year. He’s Working to Combat It.