World Malaria Report 2022

On 8^th December, 2022, World Malaria Report 2022 was released by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Key Highlights: Cases and Deaths due to Malaria: There were an estimated 241 million malaria cases and 627 000 malaria deaths worldwide in 2020. This represents about 14 million more cases in 2020 compared to 2019 and 69 000 more deaths.

• Larger Contribution from Countries: Six countries — Nigeria (27 per cent); the Democratic Republic of the Congo (12 per cent); Uganda (5%); Mozambique (4%); Angola (3.4%) and Burkina Faso (3.4%) — accounted for about 55 per cent of all cases globally. In 2021, the number ....