Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Burundi declares malaria epidemic
By MOSES HAVYARIMANA
Posted Monday, March 13 2017 at 20:00
IN SUMMARY
According to the Burundi?s Health minister Dr Josiane Nijimbere, more than 3,700 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease since 2016.
Burundi has declared a malaria epidemic after more than nine million cases were recorded since last year.
According to the Burundi?s Health minister Dr Josiane Nijimbere, more than 3,700 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease since 2016.
?There is an increase of 13 per cent of the cases related to malaria,? she said adding that this ?is why we have decided to declare the disease as an epidemic.?
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https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/sc...ria-epidemic/3073694-3848428-ov069/index.html
By MOSES HAVYARIMANA
Posted Monday, March 13 2017 at 20:00
IN SUMMARY
According to the Burundi?s Health minister Dr Josiane Nijimbere, more than 3,700 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease since 2016.
Burundi has declared a malaria epidemic after more than nine million cases were recorded since last year.
According to the Burundi?s Health minister Dr Josiane Nijimbere, more than 3,700 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease since 2016.
?There is an increase of 13 per cent of the cases related to malaria,? she said adding that this ?is why we have decided to declare the disease as an epidemic.?
...
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/sc...ria-epidemic/3073694-3848428-ov069/index.html