World Malaria Report 2019 was released by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Global scenario:
Incidence:
Globally, there were 228 million cases of malaria in 2018, down from 251 million cases in 2010.
WHO region-wise, the highest estimated cases of all malaria forms were in Africa, at 93% of the cases (213 million) followed by South-East Asia (7.9 million).
Nigeria had the highest burden of all malaria cases, at 24%.
Deaths:
In 2018 there were 4,05,000 deaths from malaria globally, compared to 4,16,000 in 2017 and 5,85,000 in 2010.
More than 85% of the global malaria deaths in 2018 were concentrated in the 20 countries of WHO’s African region and India.
Africa had the highest number of deaths due to malaria in 2018, at 3,80,000.
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