Mitigating Malaria

  Being an area frequented with rainfall,Western Kenya residents have highly vulnerable to malaria infections as the area has well conditions for mosquitoes breeding. Malaria is the major cause of under five mortality.
To ensure that Kenya is among the countries striving to achieve the MDGs 4&5 on reducing child mortality & improving martenal health respectively, the Government of Kenya through its Ministry of Health commenced a distribution programe to all pregnant women an those with newborn babies.
all this was aimed to reduce the rates of mortality among pregnant women as well as the under five children.
This program has greatly benefited the entire country as records of malaria related deaths have since been reduced and subsided

Location: maraba, Kakamega, Kenya