Rabies solutions story prompts county action and expanded vaccinations

A solutions story about drone technology that delivers rabies supplies in Kisumu County, Kenya, received high audience and community engagement, leading to government action. With 250,000 views, the story had more than double the number of normal story views for its publication The Lake Region Bulletin. The Kisumu government gave direct feedback, pledging to work on rabies interventions, increasing the vaccination budget and training community health promoters to address rabies, among other measures. Dr. Ojwang Lusi, the chief officer for health in Kisumu County, told the reporters, Winnie Ali and Kevine Omollo, that the story showed ways the county could improve its efforts to combat rabies with better training of health workers and more departments working together on dog management. Following the story, in July 2025 the county expanded its annual dog vaccination program to urban areas that had not been targeted in previous mass vaccination campaigns.