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A Worrying Trend – What if Malaria Control is Getting Harder?

April 25, 2018 By Claire Standley, Editor Leave a Comment

Driving down the road this week in Conakry, the capital city of Guinea, I saw large banners highlighting World Malaria Day on April 25. Guinea, sandwiched between Mali, Senegal, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea Bissau in West Africa, is one of the poorest countries in the world and is also hyper-endemic for malaria. It experienced an estimated 4.79 million cases in 2016, out of a total population … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Malaria cases, Malaria Deaths, World Malaria Day 2018

Malaria Treatment Statistics

September 16, 2012 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION Where can I find information on the ratio of malaria cases treated annually globally or per country? ANSWER A great resource for information on malaria is the World Health Organisation (WHO). They publish an annual malaria report which also includes lots of statistics about numbers of cases, numbers treated, and numbers of deaths from malaria. Some of the data is even available … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: country data, Malaria cases, Malaria Treatment, World Health Organization (WHO)

Population of Malaria

December 7, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION How many people have malaria today? ANSWER According to the World Health Organization, there are about 250 million cases of malaria every year. 3.3 billion people, or almost half the world's population, live at risk of contracting the disease. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: global malaria, Malaria cases, World Health Organization

Malaria Statistics for Rwanda

September 10, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: What are the malaria statistics in Rwanda? ANSWER: The following statistics are taken from the World Health Organisation (www.who.org): Approximately 90% of Rwandans are at risk of malaria. Malaria is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Rwanda responsible for up to 50% of all outpatient visits. In 2005, Rwanda reported 991 612 malaria cases. In 2006, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria cases, malaria mortality, Rwanda, World Health Organisation

Malaria Cases in West Bengal

August 20, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: What is the number of Malaria patients in West Bengal? ANSWER: West Bengal is one of the states considered highly endemic for malaria in India. In 1998, cases in West Bengal comprised approximately 6% of the total number of cases of all malaria in India (corresponding to 129,000 of the total 2.15 million cases reported that year), and approximately 3% of the cases of Plasmodium … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: India, Malaria cases, malaria mortality, Plasmodium Falciparum, West Bengal

Cases and Deaths of Malaria in the USA, 2005-2010

July 7, 2011 By Malaria Q&A 1 Comment

QUESTION: Where can I find a list of reported cases and deaths from Malaria in the USA, 2005-2010? I understand that most cases were acquired outside the US and the remaining were transmitted via blood transfusions. But I can not find a source for the data. Tom Yerg ANSWER: We found statistics for the years 2005-2009. The number of reported cases in the United States, according to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria cases, United States

Malaria Statistics

May 16, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: What are the statistics of malaria? ANSWER: If you mean the number of cases worldwide and the number of deaths, then the statistics are as follows: the World Health Organization estimates that approximately half the world's population are at risk from malaria infection, and as a result, there are somewhere between 300 and 500 million cases of malaria every year, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Malaria cases, Malaria Deaths, Malaria No More, World Health Organisation

Incidence of malaria in Quito, Ecuador

May 5, 2011 By Malaria Q&A Leave a Comment

QUESTION: What is the number of cases of malaria reported in Quito, Ecuador? In 1940 was it a common problem? ANSWER: There is no transmission of malaria in Quito - it is at too high an altitude! Transmission of malaria in Ecuador is estimated to stop at around 1500m of altitude, and the central plaza of Quito, Plaza Grande, sits at almost 3000m! As such, even in 1940 malaria in Quito … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria Q&A Tagged With: Ecuador, Malaria at altitude, Malaria cases

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