Malaria remains public health challenge in Kenya, but progress may be coming 

Funmilayo Kotun, 66, a malaria patient, is pictured in her room in the Makoko neighborhood of Lagos, Nigeria, April 20, 2024. Climate change is reviving the threat, or broadening the range, of some diseases, but across Africa, malaria has never left.

As the coffin bearing the body of Rosebella Awuor was lowered into the grave, heart-wrenching sobs from mourners filled the air. Her sister Winnie Akinyi, the guardian to Awuor's orphaned son, fell to the ground, wailing.