This archive report was first published on 5 October 2019.
On October 5, 2019, the Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed that a mysterious disease affecting students at Starehe Girls Centre in Kenya was actually mass psychogenic illness (MPI), also known as mass hysteria.
The diagnosis came after an outbreak saw 68 students quarantined, prompting the school to send students home.
According to MOH, an advance team of experts was dispatched to the school to investigate and assess the situation upon being notified by the school.
