Malaria deaths rise by 69,000 in 2020 due to COVID-19 disruptions, says WHO
Dakar, Senegal Reuters Healthcare disruptions linked to the coronavirus pandemic helped malaria kill 69,000 more people in 2020 than the previous year, but a worst-case scenario was averted, the World Health Organization said on Monday. In total over 627,000 people globally – most of them babies in the poorest parts of Africa – were killed […]
Malaria fight stalling at “unacceptably high level” of deaths – WHO
London, UKReuters Malaria still infects millions of people every year and kills more than 400,000 – mostly children in Africa – because the fight against the mosquito-borne disease has stalled, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. Funding for the global battle against malaria – which kills a child every two minutes – is broadly […]