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GHTC joins statement to the World Health Assembly on the global malaria strategy
The following statement from Medicines for Malaria Venture and PATH, supported by the Global Health Technologies Coalition, Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, and Innovative Vector Control Consortium was submitted to the 74
th World Health Assembly on agenda item 34.1: Progress reports, including the Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016–2030.
Our organizations, bringing together academia, industry and access partners, are devoted to developing and facilitating access to life-saving malaria prevention tools, diagnostics and medicines. Since the launch of the WHO Strategy, several innovations have helped transform the prevention and treatment of malaria, and saved millions of lives. These innovations include:
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The urgent need to be prepared for the syndemic challenge of COVID-19 and malaria
On World Malaria Day, we analyse the risks malaria endemic countries face with the twin challenge of both COVID-19 and malaria
Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites, with an estimated 228 million cases and 405,000 deaths occurring globally. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa and India carry almost 85 percent of the global malaria burden. COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March 2020 and has affected more than 140 million people and caused more than three million deaths around the world. Malaria and COVID-19 mask each other’s symptoms leading to misdiagnosis of both, especially with co-infection tending to lead to worse outcomes. The figure below indicates causes for global death tally for 2020 with COVID-19 deaths far exceeding breast cancer or malaria.