According to the World Malaria Report 2022,
Nigeria recorded 31 percent of the 619,000 deaths recorded globally, of this
number, Africa recorded a total of 599 000 deaths within the period.
Nigeria and three other countries accounted
for about 96 percent of the total malaria deaths; they include the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (13 percent), Niger (4 percent) and the United Republic
of Tanzania (4 percent).
The report, however, notes that malaria
mortality declined from an estimated 625,000 deaths recorded in 2022. Between
2019 and 2021, there were 63 000 deaths that were due to disruptions to
essential malaria services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the report showed.
Nigeria recorded the highest number of
malaria deaths across the world in 2021, according to the latest Malaria
Report, released by the World Health Organisation on Thursday.
According to the World Malaria Report 2022,
Nigeria recorded 31 percent of the 619,000 deaths recorded globally, of this
number, Africa recorded a total of 599 000 deaths within the period.
Nigeria and three other countries accounted
for about 96 percent of the total malaria deaths; they include the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (13 percent), Niger (4 percent) and the United Republic
of Tanzania (4 percent).
The report, however, notes that malaria
mortality declined from an estimated 625,000 deaths recorded in 2022. Between
2019 and 2021, there were 63 000 deaths that were due to disruptions to
essential malaria services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the report showed.
However, the report noted that countries
around the world with support from partners largely held the line against
further setbacks to malaria prevention, testing, and treatment services in
2021.
“They have achieved this despite
disruptions to malaria prevention, testing and treatment services owing to the
COVI D-19 pandemic and the often-devastating impacts of the pandemic on health,
social and economic systems.”
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