Drive to eliminate Malaria on World Malaria Day

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Channel: africanews · 2016 · News & Politics

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday that  six African countries most affected by malaria could eradicate the disease by the year 2020.

Algeria, Cape Verde, Swaziland, Botswana, South Africa and the Comoros Islands  have put in place a plan to fight against the disease which led to more than  400, 000 deaths in 2015 and  90% of these deaths were recorded in Africa in which 75% were children.
  6 countries in Africa, where the burden of #malaria is heaviest, are in a position to el…
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