With clouds gathering over western Kenya ahead of the rainy season, people typically prepare to spray their homes with insecticide to kill the malaria-carrying mosquitoes sure to swarm when the downpours come.
But now, the people of Busia and Migori counties will not have this life-saving protection.
The Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) campaign was canceled after the United States withdrew crucial funding that supported Amref Health Africa, the charity charged with implementing the scheme.
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