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Nepal: A Himalayan village’s struggle with a new pest

Mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases like malaria used to be confined to the tropical areas of Nepal. But in the last three years, there have been over 900 cases of malaria in the mountain regions.

Parbati Bhat, who has been a community health volunteer for 38 years, speaks about how treating malaria cases has become a new part of her role.