Blinded by Circumstance: Trachoma’s Stranglehold on Kenya’s Rural Pastoralists

ELANKATA ENTERIT, Kenya, Nov 13 (IPS) - Draped in the vibrant red of his Maasai shuka, 52-year-old Rumosiroi Ole Mpoke sits cross-legged on a worn cowhide mat outside his hut, his face etched with a sorrow deeper than the lines of age. His once-sharp eyes, now clouded by trachoma, can barely make out the shadows of the cattle he once tended with pride.

Read the full story, “Blinded by Circumstance: Trachoma’s Stranglehold on Kenya’s Rural Pastoralists”, on globalissues.org →