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Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, experts say it is hard to track the threat.

Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, experts say it is hard to track the threat.

Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, experts say it is hard to track the threat.

Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, experts say it is hard to track the threat.

In June 2017, Betty Balikagala traveled to a hospital in Gulu District in northern Uganda.

Resistance to the drug artemisinin has been confirmed in Africa.

Resistance to the drug artemisinin was confirmed in Africa. Without better surveillance, it is hard to track the threat.

World Health Organization scenarios showed worst-case possibility of twice the amount of deaths for malaria a year ago. But, thankfully, they have not come true.

The World Health Organization said Monday that the global response to the longtime threat of malaria has taken a hit as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted health services in many countries, leading to tens of thousands more deaths worldwide last year — as questions remain on the possible fallout this year. The U.N. health agency, in…

GENEVA - The World Health Organization reports a significant rise in malaria cases and deaths in 2020 due to COVID-19 disruptions in malaria services. O