Nigeria constitutes about 27 per cent of the global malaria burden, hence eliminating it is key to defeating the public health issue globally. Nigeria has made good progress in fighting malaria, reducing the disease burden from 62 million cases in 2008 to 57 million in 2016. The World Health Organisation (WHO)’s World Malaria Report 2017 shows that progress – both globally and in Nigeria – has stalled and that malaria cases are increasing. According to the WHO’s World Malaria Report 2017, there were an estimated 57.3 million cases of malaria in Nigeria in 2016, a one million increase from the previous year’s estimate of 56.2 million cases. Africa accounts for 91 per cent of the global malaria cases and 93 per cent of malaria-related deaths.

Source: Ethiopian News February 22, 2018 10:07 UTC