Grim statistics show every year 30,000 people die in Kenya as a result of Malaria.

It is against this backdrop that medics in Africa are once again gearing up for the 5th Multilateral Initiative On Malaria Conference to assess the setback and gains in the areas of research, treatment and prevention in responding to the disease that continues to wipe out humanity.

Kenya will be hosting the conference set to kick off from 1st to 6th of November. This year's theme is dubbed  "Building Knowledge For Action".

3000 delegates are expected to attend the 5-day conference from across the globe to push for effective methods in fighting the disease even as Kenya has embarked on an ambitious plan to have eliminated the disease afflicting mostly children and pregnant women by 2017.

Public Health and Sanitation Minister Beth Mugo who was briefing the press Thursday ahead of the global forum said world's leading experts in malaria will unveil new findings besides discussing recent developments in the global effort to eradicate malaria

"Malaria kills close to a million people annually, this conference is expected therefore, to provide a unique forum to exchange ideas" said the minister.