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Ministers laud US-funded malaria vaccine trials

Health & Science

By George Olwenya

The Government is optimistic malaria vaccine trials will reduce deaths by half. The disease kills about 4,000 children below five years annually.

Medical Services Minister Anyang’ Nyong’o and his Public Health counterpart Beth Mugo said the trials in Siaya District and two other regions are a culmination of elaborate research the US Government funded.

The ministers said the Government was impressed by various medical researches and trials being funded by the US Government and undertaken by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) and the Centres for Disease Control (CDC).

The ministers were speaking at Siaya District Hospital when they accompanied the US Secretary for Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius on a tour of health facilities supported by the US Government in Nyanza Province.

Medical research

The delegation also included Kemri/CDC principal investigator for malaria vaccine trials Dr Mary Hamel, the director, Kayla Laserson, Kemri director Dr Solomon Mpoke, Siaya District Hospital medical superintendent Dr Jacton Omotto and Siaya DC Boaz Cherutich.

The US Government remains the biggest sponsor of several vaccine trials and medical research on Tuberculosis (TB), HIV/Aids and malaria taking place in Nyanza with a Sh90 million Clinical Research Centre constructed at Siaya District Hospital to facilitate the trials and research work.

Prof Nyong’o and Ms Mugo described the malaria vaccine trials in Siaya, Kombewa in Kisumu, and Kilifi as tremendous work, saying they eagerly awaited a break-through that would help reduce the death of children by almost 50 per cent.

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