Malaria Masih Menjadi 'Pembunuh' Terbesar di Kenya

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Malaria Masih Menjadi 'Pembunuh' Terbesar di Kenya

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Kamis, 25 Apr 2024 21:01 WIB

Kenya - Malaria telah menjadi penyakit endemik di Kenya. Setiap tahunnya ribuan orang di Kenya meninggal karena malaria, sebagian besar adalah anak-anak.

Friends and family prepare to lower the casket of Rose Bella Awuor, 31 years, after a funeral service at her home in Awendo, Migori County, Kenya Thursday, April. 11, 2024. Awuor fell ill in December and lost her five-month pregnancy before succumbing to malaria. It was the latest of five deaths in this family attributed to malaria. The disease is endemic to Kenya and is preventable and curable, but poverty makes it deadly for those who can't afford treatment. (AP Photo/Brian Ongoro)

Humphrey Kizito memegang akta kematian orang tuanya yang meninggal karena Malaria di rumah mereka di Siaya, Kenya.

Friends and family prepare to lower the casket of Rose Bella Awuor, 31 years, after a funeral service at her home in Awendo, Migori County, Kenya Thursday, April. 11, 2024. Awuor fell ill in December and lost her five-month pregnancy before succumbing to malaria. It was the latest of five deaths in this family attributed to malaria. The disease is endemic to Kenya and is preventable and curable, but poverty makes it deadly for those who can't afford treatment. (AP Photo/Brian Ongoro)

Malaria telah menjadi penyakit endemik di Kenya. Meskipun telah ada vaksin malaria pertama di dunia dan telah diuji coba ke sebagian wilayah Kenya, penyakit ini masih menjadi tantangan kesehatan masyarakat yang signifikan.

Friends and family prepare to lower the casket of Rose Bella Awuor, 31 years, after a funeral service at her home in Awendo, Migori County, Kenya Thursday, April. 11, 2024. Awuor fell ill in December and lost her five-month pregnancy before succumbing to malaria. It was the latest of five deaths in this family attributed to malaria. The disease is endemic to Kenya and is preventable and curable, but poverty makes it deadly for those who can't afford treatment. (AP Photo/Brian Ongoro)

Penyakit ini bisa dicegah serta disembuhkan, namun kemiskinan menjadikan penyakit ini mematikan bagi mereka yang tidak mampu membayar pengobatan.

Friends and family prepare to lower the casket of Rose Bella Awuor, 31 years, after a funeral service at her home in Awendo, Migori County, Kenya Thursday, April. 11, 2024. Awuor fell ill in December and lost her five-month pregnancy before succumbing to malaria. It was the latest of five deaths in this family attributed to malaria. The disease is endemic to Kenya and is preventable and curable, but poverty makes it deadly for those who can't afford treatment. (AP Photo/Brian Ongoro)

Di Kenya, setiap tahun, hampir 6,7 juta kasus klinis malaria dilaporkan, dengan 70% populasinya berisiko terkena malaria.

Friends and family prepare to lower the casket of Rose Bella Awuor, 31 years, after a funeral service at her home in Awendo, Migori County, Kenya Thursday, April. 11, 2024. Awuor fell ill in December and lost her five-month pregnancy before succumbing to malaria. It was the latest of five deaths in this family attributed to malaria. The disease is endemic to Kenya and is preventable and curable, but poverty makes it deadly for those who can't afford treatment. (AP Photo/Brian Ongoro)

Diperkirakan sekitar 4.000 orang meninggal karena malaria setiap tahunnya, sebagian besar adalah anak-anak.

Friends and family prepare to lower the casket of Rose Bella Awuor, 31 years, after a funeral service at her home in Awendo, Migori County, Kenya Thursday, April. 11, 2024. Awuor fell ill in December and lost her five-month pregnancy before succumbing to malaria. It was the latest of five deaths in this family attributed to malaria. The disease is endemic to Kenya and is preventable and curable, but poverty makes it deadly for those who can't afford treatment. (AP Photo/Brian Ongoro)

Selain itu, malaria bertanggung jawab atas 13-15% konsultasi rawat jalan.

Friends and family prepare to lower the casket of Rose Bella Awuor, 31 years, after a funeral service at her home in Awendo, Migori County, Kenya Thursday, April. 11, 2024. Awuor fell ill in December and lost her five-month pregnancy before succumbing to malaria. It was the latest of five deaths in this family attributed to malaria. The disease is endemic to Kenya and is preventable and curable, but poverty makes it deadly for those who can't afford treatment. (AP Photo/Brian Ongoro)

Malaria semakin meluas seiring dengan meningkatnya suhu global.

Malaria Masih Menjadi Pembunuh Terbesar di Kenya
Malaria Masih Menjadi Pembunuh Terbesar di Kenya
Malaria Masih Menjadi Pembunuh Terbesar di Kenya
Malaria Masih Menjadi Pembunuh Terbesar di Kenya
Malaria Masih Menjadi Pembunuh Terbesar di Kenya
Malaria Masih Menjadi Pembunuh Terbesar di Kenya
Malaria Masih Menjadi Pembunuh Terbesar di Kenya
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