State War Against Malaria ‘Almost Won’ Daily Nation, DN2, Pg. 2 & 3
Wednesday, 30 Mar 2011

More than 20 million nets have been distributed in 80 districts across the country. Epidemic prone districts in Nyanza, Western, Coast and Rift valley provinces will be given the priority in the distribution exercises. The World Health Organization recommends the use of The Artemisinin-based Comb

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Sh11bn Shot in the Arm for War against Malaria Daily Nation, Pg. 11
Friday, 11 Mar 2011

During the launch of 10 million mosquito nets for 80 malaria-prone districts at Eldama Ravine in Koibatek district, Public Health and Sanitation Minister says the malaria campaign has received a boost of Sh 11 billion from the World Bank.

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10 Million Nets to Help Stop Malaria
Friday, 11 Mar 2011

10 million nets are to be distributed to malaria-prone districts through maternal and child clinic, community-based mass distribution, social marketing and sale in commercial sectors, with the Public Health Minister saying that the Global Fund has also approved a sh11.5 billion funding for the ne

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USAid Launches Sh10billion Malaria, TB Programme Kenya Today, Pg. 4
Monday, 07 Mar 2011

A Sh 10 billion five- year project dubbed APHIA Plus kamili is launched in Embu by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) with the aim of improving health systems in the war against malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases in Eastern and Central Kenya.

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Drug Resistance a Threat to Artemisinin The East African, Pg. 31
Monday, 28 Feb 2011

World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan says consequence of widespread resistance to Artemisinin based drugs will be catastrophic as the drug lies at the heart of malaria treatment worldwide and has no obvious successor, implying that the recently discovered resistance of m

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Kenya Pays the Price of Slow Switch from Malaria Drug The Standard, Panorama, Pg. 27
Thursday, 24 Feb 2011

Kenya Medical Research Institute (kemri) researcher Francis Kimani says studies show that it is possible to reverse drug resistance to malaria. Presenting a paper CQ Resistance Status: A Decade, at the kemri annual scientific conference, Kimani observed that malaria parasites is still re

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Mosquito-Eater Spider Likes Sweaty Socks The Star, Pg. 24
Monday, 21 Feb 2011

Scientists from UK and Kenya find out in a study that spiders that prey on malaria-carrying mosquito anopheles gambiae are attracted to the odour of sweaty socks, adding that this finding could help in the ongoing and complex battle against malaria by attracting the spiders into homes to

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State, Donors to Spend Sh5b on Malaria Drive The Standard, Pg. 9
Thursday, 17 Feb 2011

Dr Elizabeth Juma, head of malaria division, discloses that the purchase and distribution of nets in the malaria hotspots is expected to cost Sh 5 billion, this is double the population that has been receiving nets in the past years after the government includes adults for the first time.

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