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The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years by Sonia Shah

3.0

Sonia Shah describes the scourge of malaria through history and how it affects millions of people today. She describes how difficult a disease it is to deal with (and why), but also recounts numerous missteps made in the attempt to rid the world of malaria. She is also critical of the popularization of the campaign against malaria, even being critical of the response of organizations like the Gates Foundation. An interesting read that clearly delineates why malaria is so destructive and so difficult to deal with, but doesn't really lead to many suggestions as to how we could do better.