BBC News – Halving of malaria deaths ‘tremendous achievement’
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Global efforts have halved the number of people dying from malaria – a tremendous achievement, the World Health Organization says.
It says between 2001 and 2013, 4.3 million deaths were averted, 3.9 million of which were children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa.
Each year, more people are being reached with life-saving malaria interventions, the WHO says.
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