- Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals
Shigella was the second-leading cause of diarrhoeal mortality in 2016 among all ages, and the leading bacterial cause of diarrhoea, accounting for approximately 212 000 deaths and about 13% of all diarrhoea- associated deaths (1)
- Malaria - The Lancet
Malaria is the most important parasitic disease of human beings It is transmitted in 108 countries inhabited by roughly 3 billion people, and, in 2010, caused an estimated 216 million cases and 655 000 deaths 1 More than 85% of malaria cases and 90% of malaria deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa, mainly in young children (ie, those younger than 5 years)
- Triumph in China as it is certified malaria-free by WHO
In the 1940s, China saw 30 million cases of malaria every year, and 300 000 deaths It is the sixth nation since 2018, and the second this year after El Salvador, to obtain malaria-free certification “China joins the growing number of countries that are showing the world that a malaria-free future is a viable goal”, said Tedros
- World malaria report 2015 - fctc. who. int
The World malaria report 2015 summarizes information received from malaria-endemic countries and other sources, and updates the analyses presented in the 2014 report The World Malaria Report is WHO’s flagship malaria publication, released each year in December
- Estimated distribution of malaria cases among children in sub . . .
Background: Children in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remain the most vulnerable to malaria and malaria mortality This study estimated the disease burden and distribution of Plasmodium falciparum malaria among children with age categories (0 to < 2 years, 2 to < 6 years, 6 to < 12 years, ≥ 12 years) in SSA
- INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND HEALTH - CHAPTER 7 Malaria
by more than 125 million international travellers every year Each year many international travellers fall ill with malaria while visiting countries territories where malaria is endemic, and well over 10 000 are reported to become ill with malaria after returning home However, under-reporting means that the real figure may be considerably
- Malaria: an overview | IDR - Dove Medical Press
About 94% of the reported cases (215 million cases) were recorded in the African region The Southeast Asia region accounted for about 3% of the burden of malaria cases globally In the same year, an estimated 409,000 deaths from malaria occurred worldwide of which 94% happened in Africa 15
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