Burundi’s government says more than 700 people across the country have died of malaria fever this year, and more than 8 million of the 11 million people living in Burundi were sickened by malaria in 2016.
The Ministry of Health says the country is facing a malaria epidemic that mostly affects pregnant women and children under age 5.
The country’s north and northeast have been badly hit and the government says $31m is needed to stem the scourge.
Burundi, which has been wracked by political violence since 2015, also faces food shortages that have left many at risk of starvation.
