Africa: To End Malaria, We Must Advance Health Equity

With new challenges such as climate change, conflict and increasing resistance to antimalarial drugs and insecticides, we risk a reversal of two decades of progress against this disease. We must act with urgency, building greater collaboration and investing more resources to ensure we do not backslide.

In seeking to invest in places of greatest need, African countries must be front and center of our efforts. Sub-Saharan Africa carries the heaviest burden of the disease, with about 94% of all malaria cases and 95% of malaria deaths. People living in poverty in rural Africa bear the biggest brunt of malaria. Among that population, children under 5 and pregnant women are most affected.

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