{"id":123061,"date":"2025-04-25T12:24:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=123061"},"modified":"2025-04-25T12:24:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:24:45","slug":"malaria-deaths-near-600000-in-2023-as-africa-bears-95-of-global-toll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/world-medical-news\/123061-malaria-deaths-near-600000-in-2023-as-africa-bears-95-of-global-toll\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaria Deaths Near 600,000 in 2023 as Africa Bears 95% of Global Toll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) reports malaria claimed 597,000 lives in 2023, with 94% of cases (246 million) and 95% of deaths concentrated in Africa, Anadolu Agency reported. Children under five accounted for 76% of fatalities, while 12.4 million pregnant women in high-risk African countries contracted the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five nations\u2014Nigeria, DR Congo, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Mozambique\u2014represented over half of global cases. Despite progress, challenges persist: mutant parasites resistant to diagnostics spread to 41 countries, and funding gaps threaten 2025 elimination targets requiring $9.3 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prevention efforts, including insecticide-treated nets and vaccines like R21\/Matrix-M (approved in 2023), have averted 2.2 billion cases since 2000. Latin America saw 77% of cases in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Bolivia, while Europe remained malaria-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WHO warns stagnant funding and climate-linked mosquito habitat expansion risk reversing gains. World Malaria Day (April 25) highlights urgent need for equitable healthcare access in endemic regions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) reports malaria claimed 597,000 lives in 2023, with 94% of cases (246 million) and 95% of deaths concentrated in Africa, Anadolu Agency reported. Children under five accounted for 76% of fatalities, while 12.4 million pregnant women in high-risk African countries contracted the disease. 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