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One child dies every 45 seconds

For millions of parents in the sub-Sahara, malaria is the number one scourge threatening their children. Treatment and prevention accounts for 40 per cent of Africa's total public health spending.

However since the beginning of the 21st century, the disease has been in decline. In 2000, malaria killed an estimated one million people – ten years later, that number was down to 655,000. But while in 11 African countries the decline is more than 50 per cent, specialists insist that progress remains fragile.

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