Deaths from malaria decrease

• April 19, 2024

The number of deaths for cases of malaria, in 11 of the most affected African countries, they halved during the last decade, the World Health Organization .

The organization regretted in its annual report that only 35% of the children vulnerable people who receive care and protection against parasitic disease.

The WHO report reflects that deaths by the plasmodium that causes infection they have dropped 20.7% between 2000 and 2009, the Spanish newspaper El País reported.

"Are the best results seen in decades. After so many years of deterioration and stagnation in the situation, the affected countries and their partners are now on the offensive. The strategies current work, "said the WHO director, Margaret Chan