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Progress in fighting malaria threatened by slowdown in global efforts

Progress in fighting malaria threatened by slowdown in global efforts

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Progress made in controlling malaria is being threatened by a slowdown in global efforts against the disease.

The warning comes in this year’s annual report of the World Health Organization (WHO) on malaria.

WHO says that $5 billion is needed over the next decade to combat malaria but only half of that amount is available.

Derrick Mbatha reports.

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