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Why cuts in funding for UN, climate change research imperil fight against malaria

  • Written by Julio Frenk, President, University of Miami
imageMosquitoes could expand their reach if money for climate change research is cut. Centers for Disease Control.

Diseases don’t stop at borders. On World Malaria Day, this is especially important to understand and to consider.

We’ve been fighting malaria for decades, and yet it still claimed nearly half a million lives in 2015. About 70...

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