More than three million people in Kenya are at risk of a disease Transmitted through mosquitoes, some people beleive its was a result of witch craft.
Elephantiasis affects mostly poor communities where sanitation levels are low and mosquito breeding is rampant.
After an initial inadequate response, the government has now launched a huge campaign to tackle neglected tropical diseases in coastal areas.
The disease is said to enlarge the feet of people it affected to such an extent that they are unable to walk.
Sultani Matendechero, a doctor with the Neglected Tropical Diseases Unit, said: "Some of them associate their condition with witchcraft, they associate their conditions with lifestyle. Mostly, these are the wrong associations."
He said that many victims were also unaware that there are remedies for the disease.
Medicine is being properly distributed for the first time this year under a multimillion-dollar campaign.
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