213 MILLION MALARIA CASES AND 360,000 DEATH IN AFRICAN REGION
213 MILLION MALARIA CASES AND 360,000 DEATH IN AFRICAN REGION By: Sen Rich Kay Malaria is a life-threatening mosquito-borne disease that often causes fever, chills and flu-like symptoms. It is a treatable disease if it is caught early, but current antimalarial drugs are failing in many areas due to increasing drug resistance. In 2018, there were 213 million malaria cases and 360,000 related deaths in the African region, accounting for more than 90 percent of cases worldwide and as this surge seems very devastating, Hon Prince Ned Nwoko, concerned about BLACK LIVES, launched out the project of Eradicating Malaria In Africa. (A project we still call on African countries to fully support). In recent times, countries seems not to take this malaria fight very seriously, majorly because of COVID-19 and this the World Health Organization had and still warns against even as WHO believes malaria related death may double if they continue to neglect malaria.. The WHO said that if the focus on slo...