Githeko, Andrew Karanja2010-06-302010-06-302009http://hdl.handle.net/10625/44031Malaria is a disease that involves humans, mosquitoes, the plasmodium parasite and climate. It is a disease that affects millions of people particularly in the tropical region. About 90% of the reported malaria cases worldwide come from Africa1. There are several species of anopheles mosquitoes that transmit malaria however, the most efficient of these vectors are found in Africa and these are namely Anopheles gambiae, An. arabiensis and An. funestus. Two of these vectors An. gambiae and An. funestus more than 90% of their blood meals from human beings thus optimizing the chance of transmitting the malaria parasite.enCLIMATE CHANGECOMMONWEALTH MINISTERSMALARIA CONTROLAFRICABook Chapter