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Johannesburg: The coronavirus pandemic has derailed the global campaign against malaria, with deaths from the mosquito-borne disease increasing for the first time in three years.
The number of malaria cases and deaths in 2020 was at least 40% higher than the World Health Organization’s targets, according to the agency, which said its 2030 targets are now at risk.
Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s regional director for Africa, said: “While African countries rallied to the challenge and defied the worst predictions of a fall from COVID-19, the impact of the pandemic is still with malaria killing thousands of people. ” Statement. “African governments and their allies need to intensify their efforts so that we do not lose further ground to this preventable disease.”
It is a blow to sub-Saharan Africa, which accounts for 95% of malaria cases globally. The disease kills about 400,000 people each year, most of whom are children under the age of five.
This echoes the burden that the continent has carried during the pandemic, with the wider region also being vaccinated the least against COVID-19.
Finding more effective vaccines against malaria has been an important goal in fighting the infection. Last week, vaccine alliance Gavi said it would fund Mosquirix’s malaria vaccine rollout, which was developed by GlaxoSmithKline plc and its partners and is the first to be proven safe and effective in a large, late-stage trial. .
Malaria killed 627,000 people in 2020, the highest number in nearly a decade, “should serve as a wake-up call to a world still struggling to win its battle against COVID-19 ,” said Gareth Jenkins, advocacy director for malaria. More UK –bloomberg
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