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- World malaria report 2022 - World Health Organization (WHO)
This year’s report includes 3 new sections on: (1) global and regional initiatives launched in 2021 and 2022; (2) global malaria surveillance and country-level case studies on surveillance systems assessments; and (3) research and development
- Genetics of cerebral malaria: pathogenesis, biomarkers and . . .
Background Cerebral malaria (CM) is a preeminent cause of severe disease and premature deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa, where an estimated 90% of cases occur The key features of CM are a deep, unarousable coma that persists for longer than 1 h in patients with peripheral Plasmodium falciparum and no other explanation for encephalopathy Significant research efforts on CM in the last few decades
- What Africa can do to accelerate and sustain progress against . . .
After a longstanding global presence, malaria is now largely non-existent or suppressed in most parts of the world Today, cases and deaths are primarily concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa According to many experts, this persistence on the African
- Epidemiology of Malaria in Endemic Areas - PMC
A total of 216 million estimated malaria cases occurred in 2010, 81% of which were reported in the African Region, followed by South East Asia (13%) and Eastern Mediterranean Region (5%) The total number of malaria deaths was estimated to be 655 000 in 2010; 91% of whom occurred in the African Region, 6% in South-East Asia and 3% in Eastern
- Number of recorded deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean . . .
The origin of migrants who died in the Mediterranean Sea is mostly unknown, mixed, or only presumed Between January and August 2021, 641 migrants, presumably from Sub-Saharan Africa, died in the
- Current challenges and proposed solutions to the effective . . .
Despite these achievements, malaria remains a major public health concern In 2015, it was estimated that there were 212 million cases of malaria and 429,000 malaria-related deaths worldwide, with sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bearing the greatest burden Current malaria prevention measures in SSA include chemoprevention in pregnant women and
- Malaria and HIV coinfection in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence . . .
The impact of HIV on malaria is modified by such factors as the endemicity and stability of malaria transmission 8, 58 In areas with stable malaria transmission, HIV has been reported to increase the risk of malaria infection and clinical malaria in adults, especially those with advanced immunosuppression 32 In settings with unstable malaria
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