Malaria Deaths Stabilise Amid Concerns About Treatment

The World Health Organization says that malaria cases and deaths remained stable last year, after a worrying rise during the first year of the Covid pandemic. <br />The WHO however warned of new challenges including mosquito resistance to insecticides and parasite resistance to drugs used to treat malaria. <br />Despite the ongoing disruption to health services caused by Covid-19, malaria deaths fell last year by 6,000, to 619,000. <br />The WHO says the relatively good results are due to countries strengthening their response to malaria prevention, testing, and treatment.