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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Kat Lay Global health correspondent

Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns

A child reaching towards the camera sits on the lap of a woman who is holding a leaflet that reads 'Malaria vaccine is now available'
Waiting for a malaria vaccine in Yenagoa, in Nigeria’s Delta region. A 20% drop in funds could lead to 33m more cases and 82,000 deaths, the research says. Photograph: Sunday Alamba/AP

Slashed contributions from wealthy countries to an anti-malaria fund could allow a resurgence of the disease, costing millions of lives and billions of pounds by the end of the decade, according to a new analysis.

The fight against malaria faces new threats, including extreme weather and humanitarian crises increasing the number of people exposed, and growing biological resistance to insecticides and drugs, the report warns.

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