Equatorial Guinea is expanding an ambitious malaria elimination plan
- MALABO, Equatorial Guinea -- With its torrential rains, tropical forests and omnipresent humidity, Equatorial Guinea provides the perfect conditions for mosquitoes to breed.
- For centuries, mosquito-borne diseases, in particular malaria, have dictated the fate of residents of this central African nation, impacting how they lived, worked and died.
- But Bioko island, off mainland Equatorial Guinea, has managed to sharply reduce malaria infections and deaths.
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- MALABO, Equatorial Guinea -- With its torrential rains, tropical forests and omnipresent humidity, Equatorial Guinea provides the perfect conditions for mosquitoes to breed.
- For centuries, mosquito-borne diseases, in particular malaria, have dictated the fate of residents of this central African nation, impacting how they lived, worked and died.
- But Bioko island, off mainland Equatorial Guinea, has managed to sharply reduce malaria infections and deaths.
Sources: ABC News