The World Malaria Report 2020 - India recorded largest reductions in malaria cases between 2000-2019

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  The World Malaria Report 2020 - India recorded largest reductions in malaria cases between 2000-2019

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Key Features - 

1. The World Malaria Report 2020 was released by World Health Organisation.
2. India made impressive gains in the global fight against malaria, recording the largest reduction in cases in South-East Asia from 20 millionin 2000 to about 5.6 million last year.
3. In 2019, malaria cases globally numbered about 229 million, an annual estimate that has remained virtually unchanged over the last four years.
4. Last year, the disease claimed about 409,000 lives, compared to 411,000 in 2018.
5. Countries in South-East Asia made particularly strong progress, with reductions in cases and deaths of 73 per cent and 74 per cent, respectively.
6. The WHO South-East Asia Region accounted for about 3 per cent of the burden of malaria cases globally.
7. Malaria cases reduced by 73 per cent in the region, from 23 million in 2000 to about 6.3 million in 2019.
8. India also recorded a decrease in the number of deaths from malaria between 2000 and 2019.
9. Malaria deaths in India declined from about 29,500 in 2000 to about 7,700 last year, the report said.
10. In the WHO South-East Asia Region, malaria deaths reduced by 74 per cent, from about 35,000 in 2000 to 9,000 in 2019.
11. India, however, still accounted for 88 per cent of malaria cases and 86 per cent of malaria deaths in the WHO South-East Asia Region in 2019.
12. The 11 highest burden countries - Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, India, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda and Tanzania - account for 70 per cent of the global estimated case burden and 71 per cent of global estimated deaths from malaria.
13. Gaps in access to life-saving tools are undermining global efforts to curb the disease, and the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to set back the fight even further.
14. As in past years, the African Region shouldered more than 90 per cent of the overall disease burden.
15. Since 2000, the region has reduced its malaria death toll by 44 per cent, from an estimated 680,000 to 384,000 annually.
16. However, progress has slowed in recent years, particularly in countries with a high burden of the disease.
17. A funding shortfall at both the international and domestic levels poses a significant threat to future gains.
18. In 2019, total funding reached USD 3 billion against a global target of USD 5.6 billion.

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