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Insecticide resistance deepens malaria crisis in Nigeria
A rise in insecticide resistant mosquitoes has become the latest threat to combating malaria in Nigeria, where roughly up to 300,000 people die each year from the killer disease, experts have warned.Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, contributes more than a quarter of the one million malaria deaths in Africa, according to official statistics. Some 75 million Nigerians, or half of the population, get attacked by malaria at least once a year while children below five years (around 24 million) get up to four bouts each year. Alternate headline: Environmentalists kill 300,000 Nigerians every year, 3 million worldwide. Posted by: ed 2009-12-10 |
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