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A feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito siting on a human
Image: James Gathany/AP/picture alliance Image: James Gathany/AP/picture alliance

Malaria

Almost half the world's population is at risk of getting malaria, a life-threatening disease transmitted by the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes. The World Health Organization marks World Malaria Day on April 25.