Today-25th April marks World Malaria Day—and shockingly, Malaria up to date is killing several people across the world.
Even though malaria mortality rates have diminished by 42% since 2000, the disease caused an estimated 627,000 deaths in 2012 only, according to the World Health Organization.
Today, there are several pills and injections that can be taken to fight the disease but it still counts for over 80% of deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa among children under five.
According to IBTimes UK;
The World Top 5 Malaria Countries…
Nigeria
Around 40% of global malaria deaths occur in just two countries: Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the WHO said.
Malaria is a risk for more than 90% of Nigeria’s population and contributes also to an estimated 11% of maternal mortality.
There are an estimated 100 million malaria cases with over 300,000 deaths per year in Nigeria, about 100,000 more than the deaths from HIV/AIDS.