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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There are no cities near Apac with public-health programs, and the few pieces of dry land are packed with a living blood bank of people. The average Apac resident is bitten tens of thousands of times a year, of which 1,586 bites — or four a day — carry malaria.

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