Malaria crisis looms in Africa

A woman waiting to have the malaria vaccine R21/Matrix-M administered to her child at the comprehensive Health Centre.

MALARIA season has begun in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children.

But the Trump administration’s decision to terminate 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts has local health officials warning of catastrophe in some of the world’s poorest communities.