1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov March 25, 2019Global Trends: Malaria The United States has supported global malaria control efforts since the 1950s, including through the Presidents Malaria Initiative (PMI) since 2005. Global Trends According to the World Health Organization (WHO), roughly half of t
2、he world population (3.2 billion people) is at risk of contracting malaria, a life-threatening disease caused by parasites transmitted through bites of infected mosquitoes. Malaria is preventable and curable, though in some regions malaria parasites are developing resistance to drug treatments and p
3、esticides. From 2000 to 2016, WHO recorded significant progress in combatting malaria in endemic areas. However, data from the 2018 WHO World Malaria Report showed that progress in reducing global malaria cases has stalled in recent years. Malaria: Disease Burden and Global Trends In 2017: Malaria c
4、ases numbered 219 million, up from 217 million in 2016. 435,000 people died from malaria, of which 61% were children younger than five years old. Africa had 92% of global malaria cases (201 million cases). Southeast Asia accounted for 5% of global cases (about 11 million cases), 80% of which occurre
