The Most Malarial Town on Earth

The Most Malarial Town on Earth In the Apac District of Uganda, almost one quarter of the population is afflicted with the disease
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Betty Edjan lives without the protection of a mosquito net, instead attempting to shield herself and her child with a sheet. Research has shown that in Apac, the indigenous Anopheles funestus mosquito bites human flesh 190 times a night.

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