Lydia Nambiro, 32, is a mother of three who lives in a village in Kenya's Lake Victoria region, where malaria prevalence rates are particularly high at 38 per cent. Despite a decreasing malaria rate in the country over the past five years, this area remains a hot spot and many in Lydia's village die from this preventable disease.
"My daughter Nekesa is two and a half years old. She has been experiencing fever, headache and joint pains. Her appetite has declined since yesterday," Lydia tells a community health worker. "I suspect she has malaria." The health worker tests Nekesa for malaria using a rapid diagnostic test.
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