A MALARIA epidemic in Burundi has killed over 500 people and infected nearly half the country’s six million strong population so far this year, the health minister said. ”I must say this is the biggest epidemic we have ever had, first because of the number of cases and also because of the number of provinces affected at the same time,” said Stanislas Ntahobari. Malaria kills an estimated 1.1 million people worldwide each year, 90% of them in Africa. – Reuters