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2006: A review of major health issues

A woman puts a child to sleep inside a mosquito net in Cambodia
WHO/Stephanie Hollyman

Malaria control

Malaria affects 500 million people each year of which at least one million die. In September, WHO announced that indoor spraying of DDT and other insecticides would once again play a major role in its efforts to fight the disease.

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