Data from the latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the progress made in the global fight against malaria, or malaria, show that the number of people contracting this disease is increasing, which is apparently related , among other elements, with the modifications driven by climate change on temperature, humidity, and precipitation: environmental factors that modify the behavior and survival capacity of the mosquito Anophelescarrier of malaria.
The Global Technical Strategy against Malaria 2016-2030 established the objective of reducing malaria incidence and mortality rates by at least 75% by 2025, and by 90% by 2030 compared to 2015 values.
As an example, the WHO reports that the catastrophic floods suffered in Pakistan during 2022 multiplied the cases of malaria by five, which makes clear the direct relationship between climate and the disease, not only in the number of cases, but also in its geographical expansion.
If to the impact caused by climate change, we add the growing resistance to medicines and insecticides, humanitarian crises, insufficient financial and human resources, delays suffered in the execution of programs, particularly in nations where the burden of disease is high, and the population movements of people without immunity to endemic areas, induced by the climate, we will see how delicate the situation is.
In 2022, the number of estimated malaria cases in the world closed at 249 million, 16 million more than the figure recorded before the pandemic, in 2019, which amounted to 233 million.
2023-12-05 00:24:36
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