Despite Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, Malaria Remains a Leading Killer in Sierra Leone : Sierra Leone Concord Times
December 22, 2020 By Elizabeth A. Kaine The World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2020, which is posted on their website, reveals that Sierra Leone in recent times has one of the world’s highest burdens of malaria cases – accounting for an estimated 6,824 deaths (or roughly 2% of all malaria deaths recorded globally) in 2019. According to the Government of Sierra Leone’s own ‘Malaria Control Strategic Plan (2016-2020)’, malaria is endemic in Sierra Leone and transmission has been recorded in all areas of the country. At the time of the plan’s publication (in lat...
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