Uganda dispatched a team of more than 370 health workers to the northern part of the country on Monday where a malaria epidemic ravaging the region since July has killed about 658 people.

Uganda reported an unusual outbreak of malaria in the north of the country in July, which health officials say has affected 1 million people from a population of about 39 million.

Uganda has one of the highest rates of malaria in Africa, with some 100,000 deaths, mostly pregnant women and children under 5, and 16 million cases a year, according to the country’s Ministry of Health.

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