About WHO Malaria Report 2022

Running head: MALARIA
Malaria
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1MALARIA
MALARIA
Periods of exceptionally high rainfall, altered dampness or more elevated temperatures can lead
to a change in malaria distribution and length, even in areas where there is total control of the
surroundings (endmalaria.org, 2019).
MODE OF TRANSMISSION
Malaria is a severe infectious disease that spreads or is distributed to different people through the
larvae of affected Anopheles female mosquitoes (who.int, 2019). The capability of the spread
and occurrence of the disease depends on various factors such as the parasite, the vector, the host
such as human, and additionally the surrounding (endmalaria.org, 2019).
RISK FACTORS
Malaria causes fever, headache, and uneasiness, breathing problem, muscle pain and tiredness.
Living in or visiting regions where the disease is prevalent is the major risk factor for malaria
development. There are several kinds of parasites of malaria.
INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE
According to the one of the latest WHO Malaria report, which was shared publicly on November
2018, it showed that on 2017 there were 219 million cases of Malaria, which elevated since 2016
when it was only 217 million cases. In 2017, around the whole world population was at the
danger of being affected by Malaria. Africa is the leading country where the maximum amount
of malaria cases are seen and from there, people travel to different places from which the disease
spreads. In the year 2017, 87 countries and their regions were affected by the malaria disease
(who.int, 2019). About 1,700 disease instances are detected annually in the United States. The