PRO/EDR> Malaria – Oman: autochthonous, RFI

Malaria — Worldwide/Unknown
With a new report issued by World Health Organization (WHO) revealing that 17 per cent of communicable diseases worldwide are borne by vectors, a top official in Oman has pointed to a rise in the number of people hit by one such disease in the country — malaria.
Reacting to the WHO report, Dr Majed S al Zedjali, director, Department of Malaria Eradication, and disease surveillance coordinator at the Ministry of Health (MoH), highlighted a worrying rise in the number of malaria cases in