New Strain of Malaria Threatens Kenya

Author:
Nazanine Moshiri/AlJazeera English
Publisher:
AlJazeera English
Publication Date:
13 November 2012
Tags:
Kenya, Malaria

Scientists in Kenya have found evidence of a new strain of malaria that appears to be resistant to the world's most effective drugs. A similar parasite has been found along Thailand's border with Myanmar. Now, there is concern that the strain may be spreading. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Kenya's eastern coast.

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