With more than 70% of the Kenya's population living in areas where malaria is transmitted, malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Kenya. Malaria is responsible for approximately 30% of out-patient visits (requiring more than eight million out-patient treatments each year), and 19% of all hospital admissions. At least 14,000 children are hospitalized annually for malaria, and there are an estimated 34,000 deaths among children under-five each year. Annually, an estimated six thousand pregnant women suffer from malaria-associated anemia, and four thousand babies are born with low birth weight as a result of maternal anemia. Economically, it is estimated that 170 million working days are lost each year because of malaria illness.

Co-infections with malaria and HIV/AIDS exacerbate each infection and make treatment for each one much more difficult. Pregnant women suffer particularly serious consequences, increasing the adverse effects of malaria among pregnant women, including anemia and placental malaria infection. Consequently, co-infected pregnant women are more likely to give birth to low-birth-weight babies with increased risk of dying during infancy.

The malaria prevention project is design by ELAND to ensure that vulnerable groups in its project area, including persons living with HIV/AIDS, have access to the proven malaria control interventions. As part of ELAND's integrated health care program, ITNs are included in the basic health care package provide to HIV positive persons, pregnant mothers, and orphans and vulnerable children. ELAND will provide ITNs to households with a pregnant woman and/or children under-five and to people who test positive in the community free health care camps

To help ELAND to reach it's goal Kindly consider a donation of $10.00 towards the purchase of one ITN and to sponsor a free camp please give a donation of $50.00 or more.