228 million malaria cases reported last year
, recently released by the World Health Organisation .
Globally, the report said, malaria deaths reduced steadily over the period from 2000 to 2019 – from 896 000 in 2000 to 562 000 in 2015 and 558 000 in 2019. “After 2000, malaria case incidence had reduced from 368 to 222 cases per 1 000 population at risk in 2019, before increasing to 233 [cases per 1 000 population at risk] in 2020, owing to disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic. Between 2000 and 2019, malaria deaths reduced by 36% from 840 000 in 2000 to 534 000 in 2019, before increasing to 602 000 in 2020.
“Since 2015, the rate of progress in both cases and deaths has stalled in several countries with moderate or high transmission. The situation was made worse, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, by disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic and other humanitarian emergencies.”Goodbye Malaria, an African initiative aimed at curbing the mosquito-bourne disease, said the WHO report shows that malaria “continues to be a significant health concern for the Africa region”.
“At the beginning of the pandemic, the WHO predicted that, if disruptions were severe, malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa would potentially double by 2020. However, governments and organisations took urgent action to scale up their malaria programmes, averting this worst-case scenario.
Ghebreyesus said that, because of the pandemic, “critical 2020 milestones of the WHO’s global malaria strategy have been missed, and without immediate and dramatic action, the 2030 targets will not be met”.Two SA doctors attract global attention and cash to develop kits that will detect malaria quicker
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