The Kenya Malaria Indicator Survey 2020 showed malaria prevalence in Nandi at 1 per cent.
According to Nandi County Director Health Services David Bungei, the malaria prevalence rate is higher in Aldai and Tinderet Subcounties at three and four per cent respectively.
Bungei has attributed this to the proximity of the two subcounties to malaria-endemic zones of Nyanza region.
According to Bungei, 6,922 cases of malaria were reported in the county in the month of May.
This followed the heavy rainy season, which the region and country at large witnessed in March and April.
Despite this burden, the county has fought to defeat the diseases.
“Dealing with Malaria needs collaboration from various partners. Malaria has several dynamics and different levels of interventions. There is prevention, we have treatment and also taking care of the needs of those who get sick,” Bungei said.
The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) is one of the partners actively involved in fighting malaria in Kenya, including Nandi County.
The agency has been distributing insecticide-treated mosquito nets with funding from the Global Fund.
