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My daughter was convulsing, the dispensary had been closed

Samson Juma Okoth- a father who lost seven children to malaria in Homa Bay county.

When Everlyn Akinyi Onyango’s three-year-old daughter became feverish and started convulsing one night, she feared for the worst as the nearest dispensary had been closed.

Without any means of transport to Alupe Hospital, the mother trekked six kilometres to alert a health volunteer for quick intervention.

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