US EditionMalaria Deaths Rose in 2024, Funding Cuts Risk Surge, WHO Says
Global investment in malaria control reached only $3.9 billion in 2024, less than half the $9 billion target, raising the risk of disease resurgence, WHO reported.
- Last year the World Health Organization reported global malaria cases rose from 273 million to an estimated 282 million, with deaths edging up slightly while 47 countries were certified malaria-free.
- Funding shortfalls have left the WHO reporting 2024 investment at $3.9 billion, far below a target of more than $9 billion, stalling progress over the last decade.
- Demographic trends and resistance patterns show rising drug and insecticide resistance, climate change, and conflict, with case incidence rising from 59 to 64 per 100,000 and mortality rate declining to 13.8 per 100,000.
- The WHO warned that underfunding could cause a "massive and uncontrolled resurgence" of malaria and said governments in affected countries and international donors must reach those at risk, even as new treatments, diagnostics and vaccines offer hope.
- Because cuts began in January this year, the report's totals for last year do not yet account for cuts to international aid this year, which began in January in the United States and affected malaria control.
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Malaria deaths rose in 2024, funding cuts risk surge, WHO says
Malaria killed around 610,000 people in 2024, mostly young children in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, warning of the risks of rising drug resistance, climate change and funding cuts.
The number of malaria diseases increased in 2024, despite some medical advances. Medium cuts in important donors cause a further spread of the life-threatening disease to be feared.
About 610,000 people died in 2024 from malaria, mostly young children in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization announced today, warning of the dangers of growing resistance ... More
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