Kenya still struggling with killer pneumonia despite strides

James Lewa (left), nurse in charge at Balah dispensary in Laisamis, Marsabit County, attends to a child. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

At 5pm, Akorto Barnai arrives with her sick child at Balah dispensary in Laisamis, Marsabit County.

“The baby has been coughing, the body's temperature is high and has refused to be breastfed,” she says through a translator, since she does not understand Kiswahili.