New fronts are opening in the war against malaria
After years of stalemate, ground-breaking vaccines and better nets are raising hopes
In the shade of a tree outside a clinic in Wakiso near Kampala, Uganda’s capital, Hadijah Mirembe watches over her nine-month-old son. She has been here for two days, ever since his temperature soared. He has malaria, she explains, as his chest rises and falls rapidly in his sleep. So does she. These days, even when she sleeps under a net, she often wakes to find a satisfied mosquito that has snuck inside.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Buzz kill”
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