A mother and child sleep under a mosquito net. In 2016, WHO says 212 million malaria cases were reported globally with 429,000 deaths recorded. PHOTO | FILE
Burundi has declared a malaria epidemic after more than nine million cases were recorded since last year.
According to the Burundi’s Health minister Dr Josiane Nijimbere, more than 3,700 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease since 2016.
