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malaria

[muh-lair-ee-uh] / məˈlɛər i ə /


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It said the money for Zimbabwe would have gone towards "HIV/Aids treatment and prevention, tuberculosis, malaria, maternal and child health, and disease outbreak preparedness".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Malaria is rampant at the camps, and last year, the miner said, he came home to find he had malaria, dengue fever and kidney failure.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Measles, malaria, influenza and dozens of other illnesses wouldn’t exist there—which sounds great.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Avian malaria attacks red blood cells, which can lead to anemia, organ failure, lower survival rates and, in some species, death.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Africa is the continent where protohumans evolved for the longest time, where anatomically modern humans may also have arisen, and where native diseases like malaria and yellow fever killed European explorers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond