Bamako and malaria
February 13th 2005 I've been taking it very easy for a few days, in fact I spent several days in bed! The morning after I arrived in Bamako I fell ill, with Malaria. That is despite the prophylaxis I have been taking. Malaria can never be taken lightly - it kills one million children in Africa every year.
I arrived in Bamako on the evening of Tuesday 8th of February. At that point I felt fine. When I
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