Burundi in grip of major Malaria outbreak According to the UN's humanitarian agency, Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year. The tiny country of 11 million people in the African Great Lakes region has still not declared a national emergency, despite OCHA saying the outbreak crossed "epidemic proportions" in May. IMAGES of a hospital AND SOUNDBITES of the Founder of the Saint d'Assise Anti-Malaria Centre