Malaria strikes more than half the population in Burundi

According to the latest WHO African region weekly bulletin, more than 7 million of the country’s near 12 million population has contracted malaria this year -  140,000 in the last reporting week – and the death toll has exceeded 2,600 (60 more each week). As many as 14 districts in eastern regions report ‘a malaria prevalence of more than 90% among the tested patients since the beginning of the outbreak. Read more.

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