KenyaLANDSCAPEBackgroundIn western Kenya, not all malaria cases are reported as stipulated in the community case management of malaria (CCMm) strategy. This underreporting affects the equity distribution of malaria commodities and the evaluation of interventions. The current study aimed to evaluate the ...
November 26, 2009 (Washington, DC) — Results from a study conducted in 2 health facilities in Kenya show that the mistreatment of malaria might be as high as 66%. The findings, presented here at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 58th Annual Meeting by Yaw A. Afrane,...
NAIROBI, April 14 (Xinhua) -- Single country efforts in the management of malaria are to blame for the upsurge in cases of the disease in the East African Community (EAC) economic bloc, Kenya's Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Health Mutahi Kagwe said Thursday. Kagwe said during the l...
She said that Kenya is resorting to biolarvicides, a method whereby liquid larvicide products are applied directly to water using backpack sprayers and truck or aircraft-mounted sprayers due to the increased cases of malaria in the region. In applying the method, health experts may also use tab...
In this study, Clinical malaria cases were quantified through active case surveillance and asymptomatic malaria infection screening and used the data to define age-specific clinical cases in highland areas in western Kenya. This was part of a study to test different combinations of malaria intervention...
Background During an entomological survey in preparation for malaria control interventions in Mwea division, the number of malaria cases at the Kimbimbi sub-district hospital was in a steady decline. The underlying factors for this reduction were unknown and needed to be identified before any malaria...
Cases of clinical malaria through active case surveillance were quantified in a highland area in Kenya and defined clinical malaria for different age groups. A cohort of over 1,800 participants from all age groups was selected randomly from over 350 houses in 10 villages stratified by topography ...
Malaria cases and deaths remain unacceptably high and are resurgent in several settings, though recent developments inspire optimism. This includes the approval of the world’s first malaria vaccine and results from novel vaccine candidates and trials te
Despite progress on malaria vaccines, the mainstay of prevention in much of Africa and Southeast Asia is the insecticide-treatedbed net, which has reduced mortality significantly in some areas. For example, in westernKenyathe use of bed nets reduced mortality among children by 25 percent. Bed ne...
Going forward, he said, the focus for ALMA remains the protection of the gains made in malaria control through prevention, treatment, and the roll-out of interventions such as the malaria vaccine which is under phased implementation in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi. ...