The progress of Roll Back Malaria in the Eastern Mediterranean Region over the past decade.
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Malaria has plagued humankind since ancient times and is still putting nearly 40% of the world’s population at risk. No one is certain how many people contract the disease, but estimates suggest that it afflicts between 350 million and 500 million people every year. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 59% of the world’s clinical malaria cases occur in Africa, 38% in Asia and 3% in the Americas [1].
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = al-Majallah al-sihhiyah li-sharq al-mutawassit
دوره 14 Suppl شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008