Instead, the number of deaths in the region rose 12 per cent compared with 2019, according to WHO data.
About two-thirds of the additional malaria deaths in 2020 were due to coronavirus restrictions disrupting prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria, the WHO said.īut concerted efforts to maintain health services despite the challenges meant sub-Saharan Africa did not see the doubling of malaria deaths in 2020 the WHO had warned was a possibility.
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