African Ecommerce platform Jumia has partnered with Reckitt Benckiser (RB) ahead of World Malaria Day to help eradicate malaria through reduced prices and free delivery of Reckitt Benckiser products on Jumia. RB a multinational consumer goods company will see pesticide mortein doom LED sell on Jumia at a lower price of Sh385 compared to Sh550 charged earlier.
According to World Malaria Report 2017 by World Health Organization (WHO) there were five million more malaria cases in 2016 than the previous year. Kenya accounted for eight percent of malaria deaths in 2016 being among 15 African countries that accounted for 80 percent of Malaria deaths in the period under review.
