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Are we forgetting about malaria? Vince 9S1
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alaria is a global issue and while there have been many preventative measures taken and a vaccine is slowly being developed, malaria has never been eradicated. However, it has been contained in different countries and the spread has decreased. Malaria had its peak in 2004 with 930,000 deaths worldwide but with the help of the World Health Organisation
and the Millennium Development Goals, malaria is more controlled. It seems that malaria is being forgotten due to other worldwide problems occurring such as Covid-19 which currently holds all the attention of the media and governments. However, in the 20th century, malaria was the top story in the news because this deadly disease was in almost
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every country. By 1946, malaria was slowing to a stop in East and West Russia. Countries nearer the North and South Poles tended to not have as many cases due to the colder temperature, meaning the mosquitoes could not breed. Since then, malaria is rarely talked about in the British media, and people seem to be unaware that its presence remains. In the past century, despite human
