The expansion of malaria prevention and control measures have resulted in a decline of more than 25 per cent in the number of deaths caused by the disease in the past decade, and a 33 per cent reduction in mortality rates in Africa, the disease’s heartland, according to a United Nations report unveiled today.
The World Malaria Report
by the UN World Health Organization (WHO
) attributes the success to the widespread use of bed nets, better diagnostics and greater availability of effective drugs.
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