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MSF response to malaria outbreak in Zamfara State, Nigeria
Each year, malaria kills around 600,000 people. 80 per cent 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. Over 95 per cent of all malaria deaths occur on the African continent. Impregnated mosquito nets are expensive and out of reach for many. The parasite which causes malaria is beginning to show resistance in parts of Asia to the most effective drug we have. And there are no new drugs in the development pipeline, meaning we could be left without effective options in the future.

Malaria

Quick facts about malaria

 
Journal article

Plasmodium prevalence and artemisinin-resistant falciparum malaria in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia: a cross-sectional population-based study

27 Oct 2014
Journal article
 
MSF staff  killed by armed men in the Boguila hospital compound,
Central African Republic

Population and MSF staff still under threat six months after deadly attacks

Voices from the Field 27 Oct 2014
 
SMC MALARIA CAMPAIGN - MALI
Photo Story

Malaria prevention in Ansongo

20 Oct 2014
Photo Story
 
Corine, whose two daughters are being treated for malaria
Central African Republic

“It is painful to see my children suffer like this”

Project Update 25 Sep 2014
 
Journal article

Mortality Rates above Emergency Threshold in Population Affected by Conflict in North Kivu

18 Sep 2014
Journal article
 
Bambari
Central African Republic

A day in the bush

Project Update 17 Sep 2014
 
preventive strategy against malaria (Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention)
Chad

Reducing child mortality with SMC meds in Chad

Press Release 10 Sep 2014
 
Ansongo. SMC
Mali

protecting children from the most deadly childhood disease

Voices from the Field 15 Aug 2014
 
HIV SUPPORT GROUP COMMUNITY  MAPUTO MOZAMBIQUE
Access to medicines

Pushing the envelope

Report 6 Aug 2014
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