Die Zahl der malariabedingten Todesfälle war steil angestiegen, teils weil die Gesundheitssysteme der armen Länder dramatisch unterfinanziert waren, und teils, weil der Malariaparasit gegen gängige Medikamente resistent geworden war.
Deaths from malaria were soaring, partly because poor countries’ health systems were dramatically underfunded, and partly because the malaria parasite had developed resistance to the usual medicines.