Global Malaria Cases

Malaria remains Africa's deadliest disease as US aid cuts hurt fight

Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children. But the Trump administration's decision to terminate 90 per cent of USAID's foreign aid contracts has local health officials warning of catastrophe in some of the world's poorest communities. Dr. Jimmy Opigo, who runs Uganda's malaria control programme, told The Associated Press that USAID stop-work orders issued in late January left him and others focusing on disaster preparedness. The US is the top bilateral funder of anti-malaria efforts in Africa. Anti-malarial medicines and insecticide-treated bed nets to help control the mosquito-borne disease are like our groceries, Opigo said. There's got to be continuous supply. As those dwindle with the US-terminated contracts, he expects a rise in cases later this year of severe malaria, which includes problems like organ failure. There is no cure. Vaccines being rolled out in parts of Africa are imperfect but are

Annual malaria cases at 2 mn in 2023, down 97% since 1947: Health ministry

The latest World Malaria Report 2024, released by the World Health Organization (WHO), celebrates India's significant progress

World Malaria Day 2024: 10 signs and symptoms of Malaria one should know

World Malaria Day 2024: Malaria is one of the deadly diseases caused by the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes. Here are the 10 signs and symptoms everyone should know

World Malaria Day 2024: Theme, causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention

The purpose of Malaria Day is to battle this disease, address those hindrances extensively and adapt our ways to deal with the developing scenario of this sickness

World Malaria Day 2024: History, significance, theme and more

World Malaria Day 2024: Malaria is one of the deadly diseases caused by the bites of mosquitoes. Here's all you need to know about the Malaria Day

R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine: What it is, and when will it roll out?

The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine is an easily deployable vaccine that can be manufactured at a mass scale with a modest cost

Ghana becomes first country to approve Oxford malaria vaccine for children

It is hoped that this crucial step will enable the vaccine to help Ghanaian and African children to effectively combat malaria, said Oxford University

Global tally of malaria cases, deaths remained stable in 2021, says WHO

The global number of malaria cases and deaths generally remained stable in 2021, thanks to redoubled efforts by affected countries, the WHO said

Covid-19 disruption resulted in 63,000 more malaria deaths, says WHO

The coronavirus pandemic interrupted efforts to control malaria, resulting in 63,000 additional deaths and 13 million more infections globally over two years, according to a report from the World Health Organisation published on Thursday. Cases of the parasitic disease went up in 2020 and continued to climb in 2021, though at a slower pace, the UN health agency said on Thursday. About 95 per cent of the world's 247 million malaria infections and 619,000 deaths last year were in Africa. We were off track before the pandemic and the pandemic has now made things worse, said Abdisalan Noor, a senior official in WHO's malaria department. Alister Craig, dean of biological sciences at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, noted that progress in reducing malaria deaths had stalled even before COVID-19. It is almost as if we have reached a limit of effectiveness for the tools we have now, said Lister, who was not linked to the WHO report. Noor said he expected the wider rollout of th

WHO calls for continued innovation, increased investment to fight malaria

According to the WHO's 2021 World Malaria Report, global progress in reducing malaria cases and deaths has slowed or stalled in recent years, particularly in the countries hardest hit by the disease

How the world's first malaria vaccine will protect against the parasite

This vaccine has been in development for 30 long years

New mutations in malaria parasite found boosting drug resistance

New mutations in the malaria parasite that enhance resistance to a drug used to prevent the disease in pregnant women and children are already common, says a new study

India sees largest drop in malaria cases in south-east Asia between 2000-19

India made strong progress in the fight against malaria, recording the largest reduction in cases in South-East Asia from 20 million in 2000 to about 5.6 million last year, WHO said

India saw 6% of all malaria cases globally, 331 deaths, in 2016: WHO

Between 2014 and 2016, substantial increases in case incidence occurred in the WHO Region of the Americas