- Polio - Our World in Data
In the early 1980s, there were hundreds of thousands of cases globally each year 1 and the disease was still prevalent in over a hundred countries As a response the "Global Polio Eradication Initiative" (GPEI) was founded in 1988 to fight the virus's spread and disease burden through a global vaccination campaign
- Ending Malaria Makes Everyone Healthier, Safer And More . . .
Take disease surveillance — in a typical rural clinic in malaria-endemic areas, most people presenting with fever are suffering from malaria There are more than 250 million cases every year, of
- World Health Organization
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- High prevalence of malaria in a non-endemic setting among . . .
A total of 382 samples—each of which included a thin smear, a thick smear, and a Plasmodium RT-PCR—were initially selected from patients with suspected malaria Fifty-four patients were excluded from the study; 46 were follow-up tests in patients previously diagnosed with malaria, seven corresponded to newborns from malaria-infected mothers, and one was of nosocomial acquisition
- Naturally Acquired Humoral Immunity Against - Frontiers
Malaria is a deadly disease caused predominantly by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum In 2018, an estimated 228 million cases occurred globally, resulting in 405,000 deaths, of which most were children With the distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets, increased insecticide spraying, and earlier diagnosis and treatment
- GLOBAL TECHNICAL STRATEGY FOR MALARIA 2016–2030
available data, about 3 2 billion people were at risk of the disease in 97 countries, territories and areas in 2013, and an estimated 198 million cases occurred (range: 124 million–283 million) In the same year, the disease killed about 584 000 people (range: 367 000–755 000), mostly children aged under 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa 1
- Analysing the six-year malaria trends at Metehara Health . . .
In the year 2021 alone, there were 244 million reported cases and 610,000 deaths worldwide, with Africa bearing the predominant burden, accounting for over 95% of global cases and fatalities Within Ethiopia, where around 60% of the population resides in malaria-prone areas [ 2 , 3 ], 2 78 million cases and 8041 deaths were reported in 2021 [ 1 ]
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