World Malaria Day

  This year’s report highlights several notable successes and encouraging trends – even amid serious challenges. Since 2000, 2.3 billion malaria cases and 14 million malaria deaths have been averted worldwide. There has been continued movement towards global elimination goals, with 47 countries and one territory now officially certified as malaria free by the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2024, progress in low-burden settings was sustained, with 37 countries reporting fewer than 1000 cases. Core effective interventions, such as the use of piperonyl butoxide (PBO) and dual active ingredient insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs), rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), seasonal and perennial malaria chemoprevention (SMC and PMC) and the malaria vaccine, were also expanded. Despite these gains, malaria remains a serious global health challenge, with an estimated 282 million cases and 610 000 deaths worldwide in 2024 – a slight increase compared with 2023. The WHO African Region contin...

Since 2000, 2.3 billion cases and 14 million deaths have been averted. To date, 47 countries have been certified malaria-free (of which two in 2024 and three in 2025), while 37 countries reported fewer than 1000 cases in 2024. Success is possible, even in tough areas: The Greater Mekong Subregion proves elimination is achievable, with cases falling by nearly 90% despite long-standing drug resistance. Between 2000 and 2024, the number of malaria-endemic countries fell sharply, dropping from 108 to 80. Over the same period:Countries with fewer than 10 000 cases rose from 27 in 2000 to 46 in 2024. Countries with fewer than 100 indigenous cases increased from 6 to 26. Countries with fewer than 10 indigenous cases increased from 4 to 24. But the global situation is stalling: In 2024, there were an estimated 282 million cases and 610,000 deaths—a slight increase from 2023. According to the World Malaria Report 2025 , progress is at risk:Biological challenges: Drug resistance : Artemisinin pa...