The fight against malaria
After declining for decades, deaths from the disease are suddenly on the rise.
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After declining for decades, deaths from the disease are suddenly on the rise.
After declining for decades, deaths from the disease are suddenly on the rise. What’s changed?
Turkana region was previously thought to be too dry for the mosquitoes that carry malaria-causing parasites.
The discovery of malaria cases in a part of Kenya long considered safe from the disease raises concerns about East Africa’s vulnerability to an emerging threat.
Turkana County in northwestern Kenya was supposed to be the land that malaria forgot. An arid, windy region abutting Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia, its climate was thought to be too dry for the mosquitoes that harbor malaria-causing parasites, and thus it has been excluded from national efforts to prevent the spread of the disease.