NIGERIA: Malaria kills 401 people

KANO Friday, October 17, 2008 (IRIN) - Malaria has killed 401 people in the last four weeks in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state, according to local health officials. “In the last 28 days 401 people have died of malaria which has become endemic in the state,” Halliru Idris, director of public health in the state’s health ministry, told IRIN. The death toll could be much higher because this figure does not reflect those who died at home, he said. WHO has recorded up to 50,311 malaria cases in...