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Burundi: YouTube Child Star's Death Spotlights Malaria Epidemic
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 13 August 2019
Malaria, spread when female mosquitoes bite humans, kills almost half a million people each year, with 90% of deaths in Africa Read more »
The death of six-year-old YouTube star Darcy Irakoze, popularly known as Kacaman, has prompted a wave of tributes and sparked debate about malaria in Burundi. The UN has said that the disease has reached "epidemic" proportions with almost 6 million cases and 1,800 deaths reported this year.
Darcy Irakoze is seen in a video screengrab from YouTube.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that 5.7 million cases of malaria were recorded in Burundi in 2019 but the government is ... Read more »
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