In 2023, Nigeria accounted for nearly 26 percent of all malaria cases worldwide, by far the highest share of any country. The Democratic Republic of the Congo had the second-highest share of malaria cases that year with 12.6 percent, followed by Uganda with 4.8 percent. Malaria is an infectious disease spread by female mosquitoes. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, vomiting, and headache and if left untreated the disease may lead to death. The region most impacted by malaria In 2023, there were a total of 263,000 cases of malaria worldwide. The region of Africa accounted for 246,000 of these cases, making it by far the region most impacted by this deadly disease. In comparison, Southeast Asia reported four thousand malaria cases in 2023, while the Americas had just 548. However, incidence rates of malaria have decreased around the world over the past couple decades. In Africa, the incidence rate of malaria decreased from 369 per 1,000 at risk in the year 2000 to 223 per 1,000 at risk in 2022. Worldwide, the incidence rate of malaria decreased from 79 to 60 per 1,000 at risk during this period. How many people die from malaria each year? Although rates of malaria have decreased around the world, hundreds of thousands of people still die from malaria each year, with the majority of these deaths in Africa. In 2023, around 597,000 people died from malaria worldwide, with 569,000 of these deaths occurring in Africa. However, death rates from malaria have decreased in Africa, with a rate of 62.5 per 100,000 at risk in the year 2015 compared to a rate of 52.4 per 100,000 at risk in 2023. In 2023, Nigeria accounted for around 31 percent of all malaria deaths, while 11 percent of such deaths were in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Context

• Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.
• It is preventable and curable.
• In 2018, there were an estimated 228 million cases of malaria worldwide.
• The estimated number of malaria deaths stood at 405 000 in 2018.

• Children aged under 5 years are the most vulnerable group affected by malaria;
• in 2018, they accounted for 67% (272 000) of all malaria deaths worldwide.

• The WHO African Region carries a disproportionately high share of the global malaria burden.
• In 2018, the region was home to 93% of malaria cases and 94% of malaria deaths.

Content

• reported_numbers.csv - Reported no. of cases across the world
• estimated_numbers.csv - Estimated no of cases across the world
• incidence_per_1000_pop_at_risk.csv - Incidence per 1000 people at risk area

Acknowledgements / Data Source

https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A1363?lang=en

Collection methodology

https://github.com/imdevskp/malaria-data-cleaning

Cover Photo

Photo from https://www.sciencenews.org/article/malaria-parasites-may-have-their-own-circadian-rhythms By JOSEPH TAKAHASHI LAB/UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER/HHMI

This layer contains the data of state level India Malaria (2015-2020) and contains information about Malaria cases in 2015, Malaria cases in 2016, Malaria deaths in 2016, Malaria cases in 2017 etc.About MalariaMalaria is a potentially life-threatening disease caused by parasites (Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malaria and Plasmodium ovale) that are transmitted through the bite of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes.Symptoms of Malaria It includes fever and flu-like illness, including shaking chills, headache, muscle aches, and tiredness. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur. Malaria may cause anemia and jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin and eyes) because of the loss of red blood cells. If not promptly treated, the infection can become severe and may cause kidney failure, seizures, mental confusion, coma, and death.Malaria in IndiaAccording to the World malaria report 2019, India represents 3% of the global malaria burden. Despite being the highest malaria burden country of the SEA region, India showed a reduction in reported malaria cases of 49% and deaths of 50.5% compared with 2017.India has a vision of a malaria free country by 2027 and elimination by 2030.The attributes are given below for this web map:Malaria Cases in 2015Malaria Cases in 2016Malaria Deaths in 2016Malaria Cases in 2017Malaria Deaths in 2017Malaria Cases in 2018Malaria Deaths in 2018Malaria Cases in 2019Malaria Deaths in 2019Malaria Cases in 2020Malaria Deaths in 2020This web layer is offered by Esri India, for ArcGIS Online subscribers. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know via content@esri.in.

A total of ***** deaths due to malaria were registered in Haiti in 2023. This represents an increase of ***** cases compared to the **** fatalities reported in the previous year. The number of malaria deaths in the Caribbean country fluctuated from the beginning of the decade, when ***** casualties occurred. Haiti was also among the countries with the highest number of malaria cases in Latin America in 2023.

This dataset provides estimates of malaria mortality and cumulative probability of death from malaria for 105 countries with local malaria transmission.

Malaria poses a risk to approximately 3.3 billion people or approximately half of the world's population. Most malaria cases occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. Asia, Latin America, and to a lesser extent the Middle East and parts of Europe are also affected. According to the Global Malaria Report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), malaria was present in 106 countries and territories in 2010; and there were 216 million estimated cases of malaria and nearly 0.7 million deaths - mostly among children living in Africa. In this research, we have estimated current population exposed to malaria - by country. In our computation, we have made the geographical distinction of areas with high, medium, low prevalence ("endemicity") of malaria in each country based on the Global malaria atlas compiled by the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP) of the Oxford University. The data are based on 24,492 parasite rate surveys (Plasmodiumfalciparum. 24,178; Plasmodium vivax. 8,866) from an aggregated sample of 4,373,066 slides prepared from blood samples taken in 85 countries. The MAP study employs a new cartographic technique for deriving global clinical burden estimates of Plasmodium falciparum malaria for 2007. These estimates are then compared with those derived under existing surveillance-based approaches to arrive at the final data used in the malaria mapping (Hay et al., 2009). (http://www.map.ox.ac.uk/media/maps/pdf/mean/World_mean.pdf, accessed 2012) Malaria maps generally separate the malaria endemicity into three broad categories by Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate (PfPR), a commonly reported index of malaria transmission intensity: PfPR < 5% as low endemicity, PfPR 5%-40% as medium/intermediate endemicity, and PfPR > 40% as high endemicity. In our research, global mapping techniques were used to estimate population exposed to malaria. The malaria endemicity maps were overlaid on global population maps from Landscan 20051 (Dobson, 2000) and country-level population exposure in the three endemicity areas were computed. Due to the spatial reference of the data and the number of observations in the combined data, the use of Geographic Information Systems functions from ESRI ArcGIS (v 9.3.1) were used and automated in the python (v 2.5) language.

The President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) is a U.S. Government initiative designed to reduce malaria deaths and illnesses in target countries in sub-Saharan Africa with a long-term vision of a world without malaria. This asset contains two data files that hold budget code information for projects with the associated FY18 budget and activity descriptions. USAID has made these data publicly available since 2006 as part of the Country Malaria Operating Plans. The data are updated annually.

This data asset contains facility-based data on malaria stock status, commodity management, and case management. The President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) is a U.S. Government initiative designed to reduce malaria deaths and illnesses in target countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, with a long-term vision of a world without malaria. Enacted in 2005, the current strategy sets out to meet the following goals: (1) reduce malaria mortality by one-third from 2015 levels in PMI-supported countries, achieving greater than 80% reduction from PMI’s original 2000 levels; (2) reduce malaria morbidity in PMI-supported countries by 40% from 2015 levels; and (3) assist at least five PMI-supported countries to meet the WHO criteria for national or sub-national pre-elimination. The strategy is built around five focus areas to achieve these goals: (1) Achieving and sustaining scale of proven interventions; (2) adapting to changing epidemiology and incorporating new tools; (3) improving countries’ capacity to collect and use information; (4) mitigating risk against the current malaria control gains; and (5) building capacity and health systems. The data contains information about malaria case management, commodity management for the following countries: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) is a U.S. Government initiative designed to reduce malaria deaths and illnesses in target countries in sub-Saharan Africa with a long-term vision of a world without malaria. This dataset contains information on commodity shipments from April 2012 to February 2017. These data include among other things the following important data elements: Order#, Country, Product name, Manufacturer, Mode of transport, delivery status and date, and quantity.

In January 2025, President Trump ordered a pause on funding for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and a 90-day review of all U.S. foreign assistance. By the end of March, the review had been completed, 83 percent of USAID programs were terminated, and it was announced that certain USAID functions would be overtaken by the Department of State while all others would be discontinued. It has been predicted that as a result of the termination of USAID, within a year there could be an additional 11.4 million malaria cases among children worldwide as well as 78,800 additional deaths from malaria among children. Trump has said that the United States spends too much on foreign aid and accused USAID of being corrupt and a waste of money. However, foreign aid accounts for just one percent of the federal budget. Furthermore, it is predicted that millions of people will die due to the dissolution of USAID, as vulnerable people around the world will no longer be able to access prevention and treatment for diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

This layer represents the estimated percentage of post-neonatal (1 month old to 5 years old) deaths due to malaria out of the total number of post-neonatal deaths for each country in 2015. Those estimates are provided by the World Health Organization and by the Maternal and Child Epidemiology Estimation Group (MCEE-John Hopkins University). Data for neonatal and under five children are also available by clicking in a specific country.You can access the report here:http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/43840/1/9789241596435_eng.pdfFor more information and to access the raw data, visit the WHO website: http://apps.who.int/gho/data/view.main.ghe1002015-CH8?lang=en

WHO data showing deaths by country attributed to malaria in 2010

The President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) is a U.S. Government initiative designed to reduce malaria deaths and illnesses in target countries in sub-Saharan Africa with a long-term vision of a world without malaria.

This asset contains one data file that contains 9698 observations over 26 variables. It reports on the insecticides used by locality for 23 countries over time. Locality is reported at region/province, district/zone and village level along with Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates and an identifier code.

Comparing the performance of the proposed hybrid and the base models on the malaria deaths in China before and during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Geographic coverage of the estimated population, estimated U5 deaths, and estimated Pf malaria cases within a 30-minute catchment (walking in dry conditions) of an CHW, by three hypothetical CHW networks.

Diseases: Malaria: Madhya Pradesh: Number of Deaths data was reported at 16.000 Person in 2015. This records a decrease from the previous number of 26.000 Person for 2014. Diseases: Malaria: Madhya Pradesh: Number of Deaths data is updated yearly, averaging 37.000 Person from Mar 2008 (Median) to 2015, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 109.000 Person in 2011 and a record low of 16.000 Person in 2015. Diseases: Malaria: Madhya Pradesh: Number of Deaths data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Health Sector – Table IN.HLF003: Diseases: Malaria.

The President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) is a U.S. Government initiative designed to reduce malaria deaths and illnesses in target countries in sub-Saharan Africa with a long-term vision of a world without malaria. This dataset, also called the GHSC Product Master list (2018), contains information on categories of commodities used by the Bureau for Global Health. The commodities are identified by levels and product codes.