Kaiser Health News October 31, 2022
Highlights
- About half of the world’s population is at risk of being infected with malaria. In 2020, there were approximately 241 million malaria cases and 627,000 malaria deaths worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa is the hardest hit region in the world. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted malaria control efforts around the world, resulting in more cases and deaths, although efforts to mitigate these impacts have seen progress.
- Although progress has been made over the past two decades in improving access to malaria prevention and treatment, numerous challenges (including drug and insecticide resistance) continue to complicate control efforts. against malaria in hard-hit areas, stalling progress in many countries. In a promising development, the first malaria vaccine was recently recommended…
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