Malaria, Once a Scourge in Bhutan, is Nearing Elimination
Friday, September 2, 2016 - 08:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Bhutan, a Himalayan nation with a population of fewer than a million people, is well on its way to eliminating the scourge of malaria. Investigators from the National Malaria Surveillance System of Bhutan report a dramatic drop in malaria cases, from nearly 40,000 in 1994 to only 45 in 2013. Many of the new infections […]