Rwanda: Health in the News

22 December 2014

A recent report by the World Health Organisation indicates that the number of people who die as a result of malaria reduced by more than half in Africa between 2000 and 2013.

The report also cites a 5 per cent reduction in mortality between 2012 and last year, implying that global and national efforts to combat the mainly tropical disease were effective.

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