April 2024
Our team has recently documented very high transmission of malaria in Turkana, a semi-arid zone in the northern part of Kenya that was previously considered unsuitable for transmission. Children in Turkana are at high risk of malaria, yet very few families have bednets. Many families sleep outside on the ground and some move with their herds which complicates consistent net use. Moi University and Duke University have partnered with Turkana County government and CRS to roll out a drug based prevention intervention to children under 5 in Turkana Central, a subcounty with very high burden of malaria.
