WORLD MALARIA REPORT 2018

About:

• Malaria Cases: Global and Regional scenario
  • In 2017, an estimated 219 million ‘Cases of Malaria’ occurred worldwide, compared with 217 million cases in 2016, an increase of over 2 million.
    
    
  • 92% of malaria cases in 2017 were in the WHO African Region. 15 countries in sub-Saharan Africa and India carried almost 80% of the global malaria burden.
    
    
  • 5 countries accounted for nearly half of all malaria cases: Nigeria (25%), Democratic Republic of the Congo (11%), Mozambique (5%), India (4%) and Uganda (4%).
    
    
  • India reported 3 million fewer cases in 2017, a 24% decrease compared with 2016.
    
    
  
  
  
• Malaria deaths
  • In 2017, there were an estimated 4.3 Lakhs deaths from malaria globally, compared with 4.5 Lakhs estimated deaths in 2016.
    
    
  • 93% of all malaria deaths in 2017 were in the WHO African Region. 80% of global malaria deaths in 2017 were concentrated in 17 countries in the WHO African Region and India.
    
    
  • India accounts for 4% of all global malaria deaths. Nigeria (19%) leads the list.
    
    
  • Children aged under 5 accounted for 61% of all malaria deaths worldwide in 2017.
    
    
  
  
  
• Type of Malaria Parasite:
  • Plasmodium falciparum is the most prevalent malaria parasite in the WHO African Region, accounting for 99.7% of cases in 2017, as well as in the WHO regions of South-East Asia (62.8%), the Eastern Mediterranean (69%) and the Western Pacific (71.9%).
    
    
  • vivax is the predominant parasite in the WHO Region of the Americas, representing 74.1% of malaria cases.
    
    
  
  
  
• Malaria-related anaemia:
  • This year’s report includes a section on malaria-related anaemia,
    
    
  • Anaemia was once a key indicator of progress in malaria control, and its prevalence was used to evaluate the efficacy of interventions. Recent years have seen a decline in awareness of the burden of malaria-associated anaemia.
    
    
  
  
  
• The ‘Incidence Rate of Malaria’ declined globally between 2010 and 2017, from 72 to 59 cases per 1000 population at risk.
  
  

High burden to high impact Approach:

• To get the global malaria response back on track, esp. in High malaria burden countries, a new country-driven approach – “High burden to high impact” – was launched in Mozambique on 19 November 2018, alongside the release of the World malaria report 2018.
  
  
• The approach is founded upon 4 pillars:
  • Galvanize national and global political attention to reduce malaria deaths;
    
    
  • Drive impact in country through the strategic use of information;
    
    
  • Establish best global policies for all malaria endemic countries; and
    
    
  • implement a coordinated country response.