Malaria: Africa’s nagging health burden

Africa Science Focus

English - September 30, 2020 16:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB
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This week’s Africa Science Focus is on malaria, one of the biggest killers on the continent.

“Malaria is so common you can get it anywhere, anyhow, any time,” Jessica, a malaria sufferer in Liberia, tells the programme.

This is because Africa’s mosquitoes are “supremely efficient vectors of malaria disease”, says the World Health Organization’s David Schellenberg.

And from Malawi, Catherine Tasankha Chaima was named a finalist in the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for her affordable antibacterial soap made from agricultural waste and other plant-based extracts.

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Africa Science Focus, with Selly Amutabi.

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