Pandemic undermines anti-malaria efforts in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO

Pandemic foils fight against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO The coronavirus pandemic has hampered decades of progress against a deadly parasitic disease — disrupting healthcare services and leading to tens of thousands of additional malaria-related deaths Sharon Udasin TheHill

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There were an estimated 241 million malaria cases and 627,000 related deaths worldwide in 2020, or 14 million more cases and 69,000 more deaths than in 2019, according to the WHO’s latest World Malaria Report. Of these additional deaths, about two-thirds of the total — 47,000 — were linked to disruptions in malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment mechanisms, and the vast majority occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, the report found. ...