April 20, 2024
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Number of malaria cases in N. Korea down for fourth consecutive year: WHO

UN body says 5.6 million remain at risk, however

Malaria cases in North Korea have fallen for the fourth year in a row, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its World Malaria Report 2017 last week.

The number of “presumed and confirmed” malaria-afflicted North Koreans dropped to 5113 in 2016 by around 31%, compared to 7407 in 2015, the report said.

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