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Diversions in malaria prevention efforts during the pandemic may cost thousands of lives – News-Medical.Net
As COVID-19 threatens to derail more than a decade’s worth of hard-won gains in the fight against malaria, Dr Benjamin Pretorius, managing director at ERADA Technology Alliance, warns that diversions of malaria resources and interruptions to prevention progra…
As COVID-19 threatens to derail more than a decade’s worth of hard-won gains in the fight against malaria, Dr Benjamin Pretorius, managing director at ERADA Technology Alliance, warns that diversions of malaria resources and interruptions to prevention programmes may cost thousands of lives.2020 was heralded as the year the global community stepped up its fight to eradicate malaria once and for all. Slowing death rates and mortality, coupled with advancements in detection and research, painted a…
