Kericho County has started distributing mosquito nets to inhabitants in all six Sub-Counties in order to avert a Malaria epidemic, which had a prevalence rate of 3% last year.
Richard Siele, the area Malaria Control Coordinator, said during a stakeholders meeting held at the Kericho County Referral Hospital that 621, 237 Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) will be supplied to a total population of 1,016,565.
Officers from the Ministry of Health enrolled 198,614 households in 2, 649 communities in the whole County for the nets, according to Mr Siele.
He further stated that the heads of each household will be advised of where to pick up the nets from one of the 31 designated drop-off places.
Meanwhile, Kericho East Deputy County Commissioner Stephen Orinde has informed the public that the five-day exercise will be peacefully carried out with the assistance of Chiefs, Assistant Chiefs, and Village Elders who will play a key role in ensuring law and order at the pick-up sites.
“Members of the public who have registered for the nets should report to designated centers within their communities with their Identity Cards, be orderly, and follow the Covid-19 containment procedures during the exercise,” Mr Orinde stated.
Because pregnant women are considered a high-risk population, hospitals in Kericho County have recently increased their efforts to ensure that they are effectively protected against malaria by providing free mosquito nets.
