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Kemsa distributes mosquito nets to curb malaria in three counties

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KEMSA CEO Waqo Ejersa (centre) with other KEMSA officials inspecting mosquito nets at the authority's Nakuru Depot. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Global Fund, through the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency, is distributing mosquito nets in malaria-endemic regions across the country.

The ambitious campaign will see at least 290,000 mosquito nets issued to households at a time when some counties - including Baringo - are reporting a spike in highland malaria, which has already claimed lives.

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