WORLD MALARIA REPORT 2019

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.