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Chirundu, Zambia. Children playing jump rope in a village in the Chirundu district. Increased rainfall, temperatures and humidity levels favour the mosquito population and the ensuing transmission of the disease.  Malaria is the main cause of mortality in Zambia, with nearly 4.3 million cases and 50 thousand deaths every year. Malaria is a disease that responds directly to climate change.