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Aden Duale appoints Dennis Miskellah to Kenya Ebola task force

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Aden Duale appoints Dennis Miskellah to Kenya Ebola task force

Kenyan Health Minister Aden Duale has appointed Dennis Miskellah, deputy secretary-general of the KMPDU doctors’ union, to the national task force responsible for Bundibugyo virus disease. The appointment letter is dated 19 October 2026; the team was created after the first confirmed imported case in Kenya on 6 October, reports Tuko.

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