Friday, July 5, 2019

Chinese Efforts to Combat Malaria in Kenya

The Atlantic published on 4 July 2019 an article titled "China Is Leading the Next Step in Fighting Malaria in Africa" by Jacob Kushner.

Chinese researchers are undertaking a mass drug administration that involves giving antimalarial pills to every man, woman, and child in a given area at the same time. The idea is to wipe out malaria among humans, starting in Kenya. But the program also has critics.