PHOTO: REUTERSExtreme weather events in Malawi and Pakistan have driven "very sharp" rises in malaria infections and deaths, a global health chief said ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25. Cases in Pakistan last year, after devastating floods left a third of the country under water, rose four-fold to 1.6 million, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). "What we've seen in places like Pakistan and Malawi is real evidence of the impact that climate change is having on malaria," he said. "And we saw a very sharp uptick in infections and deaths from malaria in both places," he said ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25. Sands said World Malaria Day was usually an opportunity to "celebrate the progress we have made".

Source: The Express Tribune April 24, 2023 12:48 UTC