The world has made progress toward eliminating malaria, with 44 countries and one territory (La Réunion) certified as malaria-free. Egypt, where malaria has existed since at least the time of the pharaohs, joined the malaria-free list in October.
Between 2000 and 2023, an estimated 2.2 billion cases of malaria and 12.7 million deaths from the mosquito-borne disease were averted, according to a report from the World Health Organization issued December 11.
But challenges including climate change, conflict and biological threats have eroded some recent gains, with 11 million more malaria cases in 2023 than in 2022. Most of those cases occurred in Africa. Globally 597,000 people died of malaria
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