Kisumu's lab managers lead the daily fight against childhood malaria

Kisumu's lab managers lead the daily fight against childhood malaria

Christina Sanchez
Christina Sanchez
1 Min.
Microscopic view of a blood smear showing a purple-stained Plasmodium parasite in the center, surrounded by red blood cells, with the word "plasmodium" visible at the bottom.

Kisumu's lab managers lead the daily fight against childhood malaria

For decades, paediatric wards across Kisumu's public hospitals have carried a familiar weight, feverish children, anxious mothers and the relentless urgency associated with malaria, a disease that has shaped childhood illness along the Lake Victoria region for generations.

Fredrick Gogo, A lab manager at Lumumba Sub-County Hospital, Kisumu, operating a microscope during diagnosis of Malaria in the facility

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