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Malaria Eradication programme lauched by WHO is a failure .Why?

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In the 1950.s the world Health Organisation (WHO) inroduced the Malaria eradication programme.This programme was not successful due to the resistance of plasmodium to the drugs used to treat it and resistance of mosquito.s to DDT and other insecticides.
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