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Africa: Malaria Deaths Drop to Pre-Covid Levels, but WHO Warns Progress Still Too Slow
RFI, 12 December 2024
Deaths from malaria have returned to pre-Covid levels, but the World Health Organization (WHO) says progress remains too slow in fighting a disease that killed 597,000 people last… Read more »
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Africa: World Malaria Report 2024 - Progress Underscores Need for Accelerated, Data-Driven Action
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Africa: Reinvigorated Global Efforts Needed to Curb Rising Malaria Threat
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Malaria Deaths Decline, But WHO Warns Progress Still Too Slow
Malaria deaths have returned to pre-Covid levels, but the World Health Organization (WHO) says progress in combatting a disease that killed 597,000 people last year remains too slow.
In 2020, disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to a sharp increase in malaria-related deaths, with an additional 55,000 deaths recorded. The number of deaths from the disease, which is caused by a mosquito-borne parasite, has steadily declined, as has the mortality rate.
Globally, there were 263 million malaria cases in 2023, 11 million more than a year earlier, while death tolls remained relatively stable.
WHO has cited the wider rollout of malaria vaccines as a promising development, expected to save tens of thousands of young lives each year. RTS, S and R21/Matrix-M are the two vaccines currently used to combat malaria in Africa, which accounts for up to 95% of all malaria deaths. The first malaria vaccine was rolled out in Malawi in April 2019, followed by Kenya and Ghana.
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Hawa’u looks over her son as he receives treatment for malaria in MSF's paediatric war in Gummi. Zamfara state, Nigeria, October 2023.
