Southern Africa is suffering a malaria surge. Countries including Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia and Zimbabwe are experiencing outbreaks of the disease, which causes fevers and chills and kills 600,000 people worldwide every year. Zimbabwe has been particularly badly affected. By July it had reported nearly four times as many cases and more than six times as many deaths as over the same period in 2024.
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