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Mito Milambo, a Community Health Promoter tests a 17-year-old expectant teenager for malaria in Nyalenda slums, Kisumu. Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits have transformed the fight against malaria during pregnancy. [Harold Odhiambo, Standard]
It is a typical day in the sprawling Nyalenda slums in Kisumu, nestled between the posh Milimani estate and Lake Victoria's shrubs and vast mass of water.
The shrubs are home to millions of mosquitoes, a deadly insect whose buzzing sound and bites spell doom for a region classified as one of the malaria endemic zones in the country.
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