Fighting one of the world’s biggest killers during a pandemic – UNDP

World Malaria Day is an occasion to take stock of our progress and the remaining challenges in the fight against one of the worlds biggest killers. In recent decades it has largely been a success story. Since 2000 theres been a 60 percent drop in death rates due to mass distribution of bed nets, education, and rigorous testing and treatment programmes.
But the last year has been very different. The COVID-19 crisis has taken centre stage, and among the less reported consequences of the pandemic are…

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