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This was a bad week for malaria in this country following the announcement by the Global Fund that it was freezing its support for malaria projects in the country.
But much as the programme was already experiencing problems with few outlets still stocking the Artemisinin Combination Therapies, news that the programme was nearing its end could not have come at a worse time when the country was almost winning the war against malaria. Notably, the project helped bring down the cost such medicines by more than 200 per cent, making them affordable even to the poorest of households.
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