Africa: WHO Warns Africa Off Track On Malaria Goals As Climate Change Threatens Elimination Push
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Africa is off track to meet its malaria reduction targets, with climate change, biological resistance, shrinking donor funding and inadequate intervention coverage threatening efforts to eliminate the disease by 2030, the World Health Organization has warned.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Africa is off track to meet its malaria reduction targets by 2030, with climate change posing a significant threat to the elimination push. Africa accounts for 94% of global malaria cases and 95% of malaria deaths in 2024, according to WHO Kenya Deputy Representative Dr. Boston Zimba.
In 2024, an estimated 282 million malaria cases were recorded globally, nine million more than the previous year. The 2nd East African Community Malaria Stakeholders Meeting in Nairobi identified six priorities for the continent's malaria response, including political leadership, innovation, data and digital health, health financing, tackling emerging biological threats, and addressing the intersection between climate change, health, and malaria.
Zimba highlighted climate change as a major factor threatening progress, stating that changing weather patterns can alter malaria transmission across the continent, creating conditions that favor mosquito breeding and survival.
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