The World Health Organization (WHO) has said in its new Annual Malaria Report that the disease killed nearly one million people worldwide in 2006.
According to the report, most of the dead were children below five, and African countries were mostly affected. A total of 109 countries were prone to malaria in 2008, with 45 being in Africa, the Washington Times quoted the WHO report as saying.
The report warned that many countries still lacked sufficient resources to tackle the disease and access to treatment was still inadequate, despite public health services were procuring more anti-malarial medicines.
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan told reporters Thursday that more progress had been made in the two years since the data had been collected. "I am personally confident that we will have even better news next year. Right now, the momentum continues to build," the paper quoted her as saying.
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Mosquito-borne diseases, like malaria, filaria, dengue, etc are common in places conducive of mosquito breeding. Swamps, ponds and stagnated drainage provide optimal breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Mosquito-borne diseases, like malaria, filaria, dengue, etc are common in places conducive of mosquito breeding. Swamps, ponds and stagnated drainage provide optimal breeding ground for mosquitoes.
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WHO Says Malaria Kills a Million as Africa Bears the Brunt
Malaria killed nearly one million people worldwide according to most recent figures, with children under five and African countries bearing the brunt, the World Health Organisation said Thursday.
Malaria killed nearly one million people worldwide according to most recent figures, with children under five and African countries bearing the brunt, the World Health Organisation said Thursday.
