The World Health Organisation (WHO) released its World Malaria Report 2021 on December 6, 2021. In the report, the WHO notes that ‘Global efforts to tackle malaria suffered because of novel corona virus disease in 2020.
World Malaria Report 2021
Report further warned that, if proper action is not taken, the world will witness the danger of seeing an immediate resurgence of Malaria, particularly in Africa. In 2020, there were an estimated 627,000 malaria deaths. The number of deaths increases by 12 per cent as compared to 2019. Around 47,000 (accounting for 68%) of the additional 69000 deaths were linked to disruptions in provision of malaria diagnosis, treatment and prevention amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
241 million malaria cases were reported in 85 malaria-endemic countries in 2020. This figure increased from 227 million in 2019. Most of the increase in number of cases was reported from countries in the WHO African Region.
