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42 %In 2006, 42% of 547 children weighing 10 kg or more with uncomplicated malaria were treated with artemether-lumefantrine in four Zambian districts.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2006published 2007Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 13 observations

9 subjectsParasites from nine subjects carrying K13 mutations were associated with parasite clearance half-life ≥5 hours.

Kenyapaludismeobserved June 2013 to November 2015published 2025International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the InternatPubMeddocument of 4 observations

1,500,000 pregnant_womenAnnually, 1.5 million pregnant women in Kenya risk contracting malaria.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021Infectious diseases of povertyPubMeddocument of 6 observations

0.124 odds_ratioCarriage of HbSS was associated with reduced RBC count in children with P. falciparum malaria in Kisumu County, Western Kenya.

Kenyadrépanocytose · paludismepublished 2020BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 8 observations

52 %The nine significant clusters included 52% of all fever positive RDT cases detected in 29% of the geocoded homesteads in the study area.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2018–2019published 2021Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12936-021-03758-3

0.8 yearEstimated half-lives of antibody duration to AMA1 and MSP2 alleles were 0.8 year and 1–3 years, respectively.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2017The Journal of infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1093/infdis/jix370

2,273 cases_averted_per_1000_childrenIn a phase 2b trial in Ghana and Kenya, vaccine impact of the RTS,S malaria vaccine, measured as cumulative number of clinical malaria cases averted per 1000 children vaccinated at month 32 post-dose 1, was 2273 for group Fx012-14-26.

Ghana · Kenyapaludismepublished 2024The Journal of infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 9 observations

7 pregnanciesThe number needed to treat to avert one malaria infection per pregnancy was 7.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024Lancet (London, England)PubMeddocument of 11 observations

94.9 %Among cases identified via microscopy tests, 94.9% involved Plasmodium falciparum.

Kenyapaludismeobserved December 2023 to February 2024published 2025The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 12 observations

91 %91% of endemic countries in Africa have defined malaria risk at sub-national levels using at least one risk map.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2013PloS oneeurope_pmc

3.6 odds_ratioPeople who had been tested at least once with an RDT in the past year had 3.6 times higher odds of saying a negative RDT was 'very likely' to be correct.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 3 observations

4,900,000,000 USDUS$4.9 billion was needed for comprehensive malaria control in 2010.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2010published 2010Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 8 observations

97.5 %Pfmdr1 Y184F mutation, linked to reduced susceptibility to several antimalarial drugs, was detected in 97.5% of the samples as mixed-genotype infections among primary school-going children in 15 counties in Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 6 observations

32.8 %S108N was detected at a frequency of 32.8% and S108T at 19.7% in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Busia County, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved November 2024 to January 2025published 2026Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)PubMeddocument of 2 observations

0 mg/gThe median concentration for permethrin in long-lasting insecticidal nets was 0.00 mg/g in Kirinyaga County, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

49 deathsAmong the patients analysed, 49 died.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2018published 2022BMJ openPubMeddocument of 9 observations

Before scaled intervention in September 2006, there was a significant month-to-month decline in the mean malaria admission rates at four hospitals.

Kenyapaludismeobserved September 2006published 2010Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-9-285

534 DALYsCompared with monthly doses of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, monthly doses of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine averted 534 DALYs in a hypothetical cohort of 1000 pregnant women.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

14,117 netsOne-fifth of the 70,000 insecticide-treated nets procured in Kenya in 2001 (14,117 nets) were distributed to individuals other than pregnant women.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2001published 2002Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

60 %In east and southern Africa, moderate sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance was categorised as a prevalence of the Lys540Glu mutation of less than 60% combined with a prevalence of the Ala581Gly mutation of less than 5%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025The Lancet. Infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 13 observations

96 %The Pfcrt haplotype CVIET decreased from 96% in 1999 to 1% in 2017 in Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 1999published 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 14 observations

1,002 episodesThere were 1002 episodes of clinical malaria among 223 children randomly assigned to the RTS,S/AS01 group over 7 years of follow-up.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2016The New England journal of medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

93.3 %Using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) as the reference test, the sensitivity of malachite green loop-mediated isothermal amplification (MG-LAMP) at Siaya County Referral Hospital was 93.3% (95% CI 77.9–99.2).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 17 observations

87 %Overall, service-based malaria vaccine coverage was 87% for dose 2 of RTS,S/AS01 in Kenya's pilot implementation.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2019-2022published 2023Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

12 %The proportion of microscopy-positive Plasmodium infections that were asymptomatic decreased from 12% to 1.2% over the study period in Homa Bay County, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved February 2018published 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations