Malaria’s Deadly Comeback
Even as the dream of eliminating malaria seems closer to becoming reality, growing drug resistance is threatening recent gains. With millions of lives at risk, governments, international organizations, civil-society groups, and companies must take urgent steps to stop a painful history from recurring.
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SINGAPORE – The dramatic drop in malaria deaths since the beginning of the century is one of the great public-health success stories of recent years. Thanks to concerted investments in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, the number of people killed by the disease each year has declined 60% since 2000, saving more than six million lives.