Babies' deaths in Cameroon show how US aid cuts curtail malaria fight


  • World
  • Thursday, 02 Oct 2025

Fatimata Madou, shows a photo of Mohamat, her nine-month old child who died of malaria, in Bogo, Cameroon September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Desire Danga Essigue

BOGO, Cameroon (Reuters) -Nine-month-old baby Mohamat burned with fever for three days before his family took him to the closest health centre in northern Cameroon, but it was too late. He died of malaria that day.

Mohamat's death was part of a spike this year in malaria fatalities that local health officials attribute to foreign aid cuts by the United States.

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