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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Monika Pronczuk

Equatorial Guinea is expanding an ambitious malaria elimination plan

Equatorial Guinea Malaria - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

With its torrential rains, tropical forests and omnipresent humidity, Equatorial Guinea provides the perfect conditions for mosquitoes to breed. For centuries, mosquito-borne diseases, in particular malaria, have dictated the fate of residents of this central African nation, impacting how they lived, worked and died.

But Bioko island, off mainland Equatorial Guinea, has managed to sharply reduce malaria infections and deaths.

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