___EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of a collaboration between The Associated Press and Grist exploring the intersection of climate change and infectious diseases. But given 96% of malaria deaths occurred in Africa in 2021, most research on the trend is found there. Together, the two countries accounted for 6% of global malaria deaths in 2021. However, the numbers remain high, especially in Africa where children under 5 years old account for 80% of all malaria deaths. The bugs tend to thrive in the kind of extremes that are happening more frequently because of human-caused climate change.

Source: Ethiopian News July 20, 2023 16:35 UTC