New nets 'prevent' 13M malaria cases in Africa

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 17, 2024 12:02 pm

GENEVA: A new kind of mosquito net delivered across sub-Saharan Africa averted an estimated 13 million malaria cases and nearly 25,000 deaths over three years, the project's backers said Wednesday.

There were 249 million recorded malaria cases and 608,000 deaths in 2022, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organization, with most of the burden in Africa.

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