Title:
African malaria deaths set to dwarf covid-19 fatalities as pandemic hits control efforts, WHO warns
Author:
Owen Dyer
Published:
BMJ 2020;371:m4711 (published 2 December 2020]
From the article:
“It’s likely that excess malaria mortality is larger than direct covid-19 mortality,” said Pedro Alonso, director of WHO’s malaria programme. Malaria killed 409 000 people in 2019 and 411 000 in 2018, most of them babies and toddlers in sub-Saharan Africa. A 10% disruption in access to antimalarial treatment could lead to 19 000 additional deaths there this year, WHO warned.