Risk factors in clinical malaria mortality among children in Kenya
Abstract
Clinical malaria deaths in Kenya is highest among children and therefore
there is need to research on the various covariates infuencing malaria mor-
tality among children in order to reduce this complex problem that malaria
poses in Kenya and sub saharan Africa at large. The main objective of this
study was to determine the effect of clinical malaria fatality predictors among
children in Kenya. Secondary data was obtained from government hospitals
in Kwale, Homabay, Kericho and Busia districts where we have the highest
percentage of regional distribution of malaria in children. The data obtained
was from January 1999 to December 2012. The findings from this study indi-
cated that there is a linear relationship between malaria mortality in children
and predictors malaria admission and rainfall. It was also found that clinical
malaria and non-malaria mortalities were signifcantly different from 1999 to
2012.
Publisher
University of Nairobi