Despite population 7 times Nigeria’s, China gives malaria final blow

Nigeria accounts for 27 percent of the global malaria cases and 23 percent of global malaria deaths

After seven decades of wrestling with malaria, China on Wednesday dealt the final blow to the deadly disease, demonstrating that commitment to medical research and funding can halt a country’s malaria scourge despite huge population size. The Asian giant grapples with 1.4 billion population, a

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