Malaria in Africa: why most countries haven’t beaten it yet

Poverty, human movement, resistance and climate change are the main reasons malaria remains prevalent in Africa

06 November 2022 - 20:37 By Jaishree Raman and Shüné Oliver

Malaria remains one of the most devastating parasitic diseases affecting humans. In 2020 there were about 241 million cases and 672,000 malaria-related deaths. This is a sharp increase from 2019...

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