VOA News Examines Malaria In Southern Sudan

VOA News examines malaria in southern Sudan. In the region, malaria is “widespread” and accounts for “up to 30 percent of all diseases treated by health facilities.” It is the “number one killer of children in southern Sudan,” though there are “no reliable statistics on the number in southern Sudan who suffer, or die from, malaria,” VOA News reports.

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Filed under: Tropical on June 30th, 2009