By ELIZABETH MERABMore by this AuthorKenya joins the world on Tuesday in commemorating the 10th World Malaria Day as the World Health Organisation (WHO) calls on countries to scale up efforts to prevent and eliminate malaria. For instance, there has been a 21 per cent decrease in malaria cases and 29 per cent decrease in deaths globally. In Kenya, malaria deaths may have halved from about 30,000 in 2012 to 16,000 last year. Still, in 2015, there were 212 million cases of malaria worldwide with at least 400,000 patients succumbing to the disease. However, although the Ministry of Health confirmed an increase in malaria cases, it allayed fears of an outbreak, saying “appropriate response to mitigate the issue has already begun”It advised people to report any suspected malaria cases.

Source: Daily Nation April 24, 2017 21:22 UTC