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MSF Says Number Of Annual Malaria Cases Treated In DRC Has Tripled Since 2009
Ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday said the number of malaria cases it has treated in the country "more than tripled to 155,000 last year from two years previous," Reuters reports (Hogg/Felix, 4/24). "In 2009, MSF's teams treated more than 45,000 people with malaria" in DRC, with the total increasing to more than 158,000 in 2011, the Guardian notes, adding, "So far this year, more than 85,000 people have been treated." According to the newspaper, "The agency said the rise was particularly alarming because of a high number of severe malaria patients requiring hospital care and urgent blood transfusions due to anemia. It has deployed additional emergency medical teams in four provinces but is unable to respond in all affected areas."
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