As Kenya joins the world in marking World Malaria Day the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the global response towards malaria has stalled due to levelling off of funding and an increase in new cases. Figures from the World Malaria Report 2017 show that progress in pushing down infections and deaths from malaria has stalled and even reversed in some countries. Kenya is ranked among 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa that accounted for 80 per cent of all malaria cases in the world in 2016. With the global response to malaria at a crossroads, global leaders and philanthropists announced new commitments towards ending the mosquito-borne disease. But under-dosing is just one of the areas that may be causing a setback in the fight and elimination of malaria.

Source: Daily Nation April 24, 2018 17:48 UTC