Malaria -- DR Congo
An unusually severe outbreak of malaria has hit the health area of Pawa and neighbouring Boma Mangbetu. On Monday, 9 May 2016, 141 children were admitted overnight to the Pawa general referral hospital in the Haut-Uele province in the north east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). There were 2 or 3 children to each of the 22 beds in the paediatric ward, with others on mats on the floor between the beds and in the corridors.
"We are so tired of watching children die!" exclaimed the
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