Geneva, December 04 (QNA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) released the World Malaria Report 2025 on December 4, 2025, detailing a global toll of an estimated 282 million cases and 610,000 deaths in 2024.

In its malaria report, WHO stated that this figure represents a slight increase compared to the number of deaths in 2023, noting that the number of malaria cases rose from 273 million to an estimated 282 million.

The report indicated that many people continue to die from this preventable and curable disease, pointing out that increasing resistance to the active ingredients in malaria drugs and insecticides used in some bed nets, along with climate change and conflict, pose challenges in combating the mosquito-borne illness.

The WHO also confirmed that the incidence rate increased between 2015 and 2024 from 59 to 64 cases per 100,000 at-risk population, while the mortality rate decreased slightly from 14.9 to 13.8 per 100,000 at-risk population.

It is worth noting that Africa is the continent most affected by malaria, recording a very high percentage of cases and deaths globally (approximately 95 percent of cases and 95 percent of deaths in 2024), with the majority of cases concentrated in sub-Saharan Africa, and a greater concentration in countries such as Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. (QNA)