US EditionMalaria fight under threat as US funding cuts raise fears in Africa
- World Malaria Day on Friday highlights the ongoing global effort to combat this persistent and deadly disease.
- Despite preventing millions of deaths through strong global collaboration, malaria remains a major challenge facing fragile health systems and rising threats.
- Africa carries a disproportionately high share of the global burden, accounting for the majority of cases and deaths.
- In 2023, approximately 94 percent of cases occurred in Africa, and 76 percent of deaths were among young children.
- Funding cuts threaten progress, impacting control programs and potentially putting millions more lives at risk.
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US aid cuts create ‘perfect storm’ for malaria in Africa
From Kenya to Mozambique, malaria programmes have had funding withdrawn, stalled or disrupted since President Donald Trump gutted the US Agency for International Development, declaring it out of step with his "America First" agenda.
U.S. funding cuts likely to impact long-term research in malaria: Jane Carlton
Dr. Jane Carlton is a globally recognized leader in malaria genomics and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. In an email interview, she details the impact of aid suspension and funding cuts on malaria control, discusses the newest breakthroughs in research and warns of climate change potentially increasing malaria cases worldwide says that though India will not see any immediate adverse effect of the US funding cut to the g…
Malaria fight under threat as US funding cuts raise fears in Africa
In 25 years, investment in the fight against malaria has prevented two billion infections and 13 million deaths, most of them in Africa, which carries nearly all of the burden of the disease. But as cases rise for a fifth year in a row and US funding is cut, experts warn that progress is slowing. Reaching the UN goal of ending malaria by 2030 now looks increasingly uncertain.
Tu Youyou, Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong and the struggle against malaria – Struggle – La Lucha
Caused by a parasite which is spread by infected mosquitoes, malaria has killed billions during thousands of years of human history. Just in the last century, an estimated 150 to 300 million people died from [...] Source
From Promise to Peril - Reimagining the End of Malaria Amid a Funding Crisis
In this piece Prof Tiaan de Jager and Dr Tanesha Kruger of the University of Pretoria Institute for Sustainable Malaria Control, highlights the challenges that threaten to undo progress in malaria prevention and control, including financial constraints in the form of diminishing funding.
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