The WHO presents, this Thursday, December 8, its latest report on malaria: 619,000 people died of malaria in 2021 and 247 million are affected. After a sharp deterioration in the situation in 2020 due to Covid-19, the situation is stabilizing, but not returning to pre-pandemic levels. We are far from the objectives set by the international community, especially since many new risks are emerging.
The Covid-19 pandemic is still affecting the fight once morest malaria. But while the situation is already complicated, the WHO observes several new worrying signals, in particular concerning impregnated mosquito nets, one of the main means of prevention.