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
Dominic Nahr / Reportage / Getty Images for TIME

Mother and Child
Scovia Ashian holds her 8-month-old baby Jen Frank Atiliop, who was infected. Between July 2008 and June 2009, 124,538 citizens of Apac were treated for malaria. Of the patients, nearly half — more than 58,000 — were children under age 5.

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