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    "id": 88136,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/88136/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mrs. Mugo",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Public Health and Sanitation",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 85,
        "legal_name": "Beth Wambui Mugo",
        "slug": "beth-mugo"
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    "content": "(a)The fight against malaria in Kenya has received a steady increase in annual funding from Kshs120 million in 2002 to nearly Kshs4 billion in 2010. All of it comes from development partners. In this regard, my Ministry has achieved the following to date:- (i) Decline in malaria prevalence in children less than five years from highs of 80 per cent to 17 per cent in 2007. (ii) Decline in malaria admissions by 56 per cent in sentinel districts and by up to 63 per cent in parts of Coast Province. (iii) Reduction in child deaths by 44 per cent attributed to the use of ITNs. (iv) A 36 per cent reduction in under five mortality from 115 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2003 to 74 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2008/2009 (v) Infant mortality dropped by 31 per cent from 75 deaths per 1,000 live births to 52 deaths per 1,000 live births. (vi) Approximately, 20 million ITNs have been distributed to children less than five years of age and pregnant women. Out of those, about, 9.5 million are the long lasting ITNs distributed since 2006. From January 2008 to March 2010, 164,440 long lasting ITNs have been distributed in Migori Constituency since that project was initiated. To date, artemism-based combination treatement or ACT is the most effective treatment for malaria in the world. ACTs were adopted as first line treatment in Kenya in 2006 and since then, are given free of charge in all Government facilities, mission hospitals and clinics. The subsidized medicines started to arrive in Kenya in August 2010 and will now be sold at a maximum of Kshs40 for the adult dose, down from an average of Kshs700 in private pharmacies. (c) Data available shows that in 2008, there were 129,380 malaria cases and an estimated 260 deaths attributed to malaria reported from Government health facilities in Migori District. My Ministry is implementing the following interventions to curb illness and deaths:- (i) Distribution of ITNs to pregnant women and infants through the clinics. (ii) Mass distribution to cover the rest of the population is planned later in the year when funds become available. The funds have already been promised. (iii) Treatment for malaria is given free of charge in all Government and mission health facilities. We should encourage people to seek treatment within a day of feeling unwell. Most deaths in children occur because treatment is sought too late. (iv) Affordable artemisim-based combination treatment is now available in private chemists and hospitals from August this year. In-door residual spraying in some districts around Lake Victoria as well as epidemic prone highlands districts to reduce malaria burden. Migori was one of the districts that were sprayed this year. (v) Currently, pregnant women receive a free net and a free preventive treatment from the clinics during pregnancy."
}