Malaria deaths vastly under-counted

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Malaria deaths are being vastly under-counted in India and perhaps throughout much of the world, says a new report in the British medical journal, Lancet. The World’s Health and Science Editor David Baron tells anchor Lisa Mullins why it’s so difficult to get an accurate count.

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