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56.2 %The mdr1 Y184F mutation demonstrated rapid temporal escalation in Homa Bay County Mainland from 22.9% to 56.2%, with statistical significance (P = 0.005).

Kenyapaludismeobserved September 2020–September 2022, extended to January 2024 for Mfangano Islandpublished 2026Scientific reportsPubMeddocument of 11 observations

200,000,000 inhabitantsMost of the rest live at intermediate risk (0.20 billion), with a smaller number (0.11 billion) at low stable risk.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2007published 2009PLoS medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

91.5 %The prevalence of Pfdhps540E polymorphism was 91.5% among Plasmodium falciparum parasites isolated from pregnant women in coastal Kenya between 2013 and 2015.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2013 and 2015published 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

80 percentPlasmodium falciparum infections were multiclonal in up to 80% of cases in Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 14 observations

31 %One year after enrolment, 31% of participants' parents reported malaria prevention as the main aim of the activities their children were involved in.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2014Trialseurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

PfPR reaches a peak after about two years and remains fairly constant in older children until age ten before declining throughout adolescence and adulthood.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2007Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

1 %The Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite rate of An. funestus in Kombewa was 1% (2/157).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021PloS onePubMeddocument of 13 observations

49.5 monthsThe mean age of all-cause malaria hospitalisation was 49.5 months (95% CI 45.1, 55.4) under low transmission compared with 34.1 months (95% CI 30.4, 38.3) at high transmission.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022BMC medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

0.57 odds_ratioAfter adjustment for potential confounding factors, opsonic phagocytosis levels were not associated with risk of clinical malaria in children <5 years old (adjusted odds ratio: 0.57 [CI: 0.20–1.64]).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 6 observations

0 %The wild-type pfdhfr S108 allele was completely absent in Plasmodium falciparum samples from coastal Kenya in 2013.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2013published 2014International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistanceeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

7.2 %Placental malaria prevalence was 7.2% as determined by microscopy among 236 women delivering at Sio Port and Port Victoria Sub-County Hospitals, Busia County, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved April 2023-March 2024published 2026BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 14 observations

20 %Among the study participants, 14 out of 70 malaria-positive pregnant women (20.0%) knew about different doses of intermittent preventive treatment.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

34.3 %Among 460 pre-school children in Kilifi on the Kenyan coast, 34.3% had malaria.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1999Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

13 %The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection amongst household members not protected by either indoor residual house-spraying or insecticide-treated bednets was 13%.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2000published 2002Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00874.x

78 %Average competency scores for MiP treatment varied across countries from 78% to 90%.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2019 to 2020published 2024The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 4 observations

The reported council-level Plasmodium falciparum prevalence in school children aged 5–16 years (PfPR 5–16) was used as a benchmark to define four malaria risk groups in mainland Tanzania.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2017-2019published 2022Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

51.8 %Malaria infection prevalence was 51.8% in Homa Bay County.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2014published 2015Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

46,200,000 peopleIn 2019, approximately 46.2 million people across Kenya, mainland Tanzania, and Uganda resided in areas with very low Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence (<1%).

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2019published 2021PLOS global public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 11 observations

97 %A randomized, controlled trial in western Kenya found over 97% adherence rates to artemether-lumefantrine (AL) in both intervention and control arms.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2018Malaria journaleurope_pmc

23 schoolsA total of 23 local primary schools participated in creating awareness on malaria prevention and control during the project phase.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 11 observations

0.2 ratioChildren living more than 25 km from the hospital had severe malaria admission rates which were about one-fifth of those for children living within 5 km of the hospital.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1998International journal of epidemiologyeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

98.08 %The triple mutant IRNI haplotype in Pfdhfr had a prevalence of 98.08% in Kisii.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 14 observations

48 %The transmission dynamics model predicted a reduction in malaria prevalence in children of 6-months to 10-years of age of 48% to 72% in Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025PLoS pathogensPubMeddocument of 5 observations

11 %Pfmdr1 haplotype NFSND increased from 11.0% in 2007 to 49.6% in 2017 in Asembo, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2007published 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 10 observations

12.8 %In the validation study, the prevalence was 12.8% (95% CI 11.2–14.3%) using inverse-variance weighted estimator from poolwise validation.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations