WHO says billions of malaria cases have been prevented this century ...Middle East

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GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that around 2.2 billion cases of malaria have been prevented since the year 2000 through risk education, use of mosquito nets and vaccinations, reported German news agency dpa.In the process around 12.7 million deaths have been averted, the WHO writes in a report published in Geneva on Wednesday.Seventeen countries now routinely vaccinate young children against malaria. According to WHO estimates, this could save tens of thousands of deaths each year.Malaria is the most common tropical disease. The parasite is transmitted by anopheles mosquitoes, which bite mainly in the evening and at night. The disease causes high fever and aching limbs

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