A malaria patient in Nyangaton, Ethiopia in July, 2014. According to the WHO, Africa carries a disproportionately high share of the global malaria burden. In 2017, the region was home to 92 percent of malaria cases and 93 percent of malaria deaths.

First published in the April 23, 2019, 9:14 p.m. edition

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