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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Agnes PEDRERO

Malaria Mortality Returns To Pre-Covid Levels: WHO

Kenya was among the first countries to roll out malaria vaccines (Credit: AFP)

Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said Wednesday, but called for faster progress against the disease that killed nearly some 597,000 people last year.

In a new report, the World Health Organization estimated that there were 263 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2023 -- 11 million more than a year earlier -- while the death toll remained relatively stable.

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