"#Malaria was responsible for more than 600,000 deaths worldwide in 2021, the last year for which data was available, and more than three-quarters of the victims were under the age of 5.
By 2040, the combined effects of longer #transmission seasons and demographic growth could put more than 5 billion people at risk of contracting malaria worldwide, including a billion on the continent of Africa alone."
#Malaria is likely to spread to higher latitudes, including southern #US states.
“The fact that [malaria] will be affecting immunologically naive populations means that there’s going to be higher morbidity and likely higher mortality within those populations.”
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