Venezuela: Fighting malaria and a failing health system in Bolivar
January 17, 2020Gold is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a nation going through a severe political and economic crisis. But in Bolivar, Venezuela’s biggest state, illegal gold mining has been booming for years and...
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Niger: Fifteen years treating malnutrition and malaria around the clock
November 25, 2019Every year, the combination of ‘hunger gap’ and rainy season triggers a spike in rates of malnutrition and malaria in southern Niger – particularly from July to October. Since the large-scale food crisis of 2005, the prevention and treatment of childhood diseases...
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Malaria
February 6, 2019Each year, malaria kills nearly half a million people. 70% of all deaths are children under five years of age. The disease is easy enough to treat, but access to the most effective treatments remains inadequate. 90 per cent of...
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