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Climate change may help eliminate malaria from West and Central Africa
Global warming may reduce malaria in West and Central Africa by making it too hot for malaria-carrying mosquitoes, though the problem could shift to other regions. Climate change's impact on mosquito survival is highlighted as a potential factor in malaria elimination.
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