Drawing a line against malaria despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic – Sierra Leone Times

Malaria patients’ reluctance to visit healthcare facilities out of fear of Covid-19 exposure, threatens the gains made against malaria and in the malaria-elimination aspirations of many African countries, including South Africa, writes Jaishree Raman.
The dire warnings that Africa’s fragile healthcare systems would crumble amid the pressure brought about by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in significant increases in malaria cases, have, fortunately, not materialised. However, the pandemic…

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