Funding cuts threaten fight against malaria, WHO says

Community health promoters at Mwembe kati village in Chonyi during this year's World Maria Day celebration. The county has trained 720 community health volunteers [CHVs] for a larvae source management program that is geared to fight malaria. [Marion Kithi, Standard]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning that disruptions in the financing of health services continue to affect the fight against malaria.

In this year's World Malaria Day message, the WHO reported that the funding cuts to malaria programs set for 2025 put millions of additional lives at risk and could reverse decades of progress.