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Link between malaria 'headache' and climate crisis

A business man overwhelmed by stress and headache. [Getty Images]

A common question doctors ask when you display some symptoms such as fever is whether you have recently travelled to malaria hot spots.

Different countries' efforts, combined with help from non-profit organisations have helped reduce cases of malaria, and resultant deaths. In Kenya, statistics show that 2011 (at 11.12 million cases) and 2018 (with 10.88 million) were the years the disease hit worst between 2010 and 2020.

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