Artificial light may become a new weapon in the fight to control malaria - ETHealthWorld

6/4/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
by ET HealthWorld
by ET HealthWorld
Malaria remains a menace across Africa. The continent carries by far the world's largest disease burden: 94% of cases and 96% of deaths occur across the continent. Alarmingly, children aged five or younger account for 80% of these deaths.
Pretoria: The world has not yet won the war against malaria. While the total number of cases has declined from about 81.1 cases per 1,000 population to 59 per 1,000 since 2000, there were still an es… [+4091 chars]
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