Angola: 2017 Malaria

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Source: http://www.angop.ao/angola/en_us/no...ria,b7a0f3c2-89bc-4139-9300-807f54cde8ba.html


Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:45 - Updated Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:45
Lunda Norte records over 6,000 cases of malaria
Cuango - At least 6,370 cases of malaria were diagnosed at Cuango?s Medical Centre in the north-eastern Lunda Norte Province, from February to October this year.

This was said on Wednesday by the director of the centre, Manbakila Soni.

According to the official, during the mentioned period the medical institution recorded 32 deaths of patients aged between zero and five...

 

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Source: http://cajnewsafrica.com/2017/11/23/over-1-000-angolans-dead-in-worst-malaria-outbreak/

Over 1 000 Angolans dead in worst malaria outbreak
from NANDO AFONSO in Luanda, Angola
LUANDA, (CAJ News) ? MORE than 1 200 people have died of malaria since the outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in Angola this year.

Most of the victims are children under five years of age, mostly in the central Huambo Province.

Clementino Sacanombo, Huambo malaria programme supervisor, said the province was experiencing its worst malaria outbreak in months with over 175 000 cases reported this year (2017).

Comparatively, there were about 13 000 cases this year.

?The (Huambo) province has been in an emergency due to the malaria outbreak peaking since May,? Sacanombo said.

?The numbers of patients and deaths are increasing abruptly, demanding from the authorities a prompt response.?...