Progress against malaria elimination is uneven across the world.
This is very much evident in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where cases continue to be on the rise and, together with Nigeria, account for 40 percent of deaths from the disease.
Could it be that interventions aren’t that effective, given the rising cases of mosquitoes developing resistance against insecticides, or is it a matter of lack of access to the different preventive interventions available?
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
