Attempts To Control Malaria In Indonesia's Papua Province Continue

MANOKWARI, WEST PAPUA, INDONESIA - OCTOBER 13: A child receives treatment for tropical malaria in hospital on October 13, 2009 in Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia. Malaria, whilst not a new disease, continues to be a significant problem in Papua. Whilst hospitals try to treat the condition, the malaria parasites have become resistant to anti-malaria medicines and thus the spread continues. At last count, the overall incidence of malaria was estimated as 876 per 1,000 people per year, however the true incidence is unknown since laboratory confirmation is rare and only around 20 per cent of patients seek treatment at Indonesia's Government facilities. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)