How can Ethiopia respond to a new malaria threat?

Published: Nov. 23, 2022, 2 a.m.

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Earlier this year, cases of malaria began to rapidly increase in the Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa.\\nThere were ten times the number of cases in the first half of the year, than the whole of 2019.\\nAnd unlike usual, the spike was happening outside the rainy season which allows the disease to flourish.\\nIt was also spreading in urban areas, rather than mainly in the countryside.\\nScientists have since uncovered it was due to an invasive species of malaria-carrying mosquito from Asia.\\nSo far it\\u2019s been found in Ethiopia, Djibouti and all the way over in Nigeria, putting millions of people at risk. \\nSo, how can we respond to this new medical threat?\\n#AfricaDaily

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