Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled the World Malaria Report 2025, revealing an estimated 282 million malaria cases and 610,000 deaths globally in 2024.

According to Qatar News Agency, the report showed a slight rise in deaths compared to 2023. The number of malaria cases increased from 273 million to an estimated 282 million. The WHO report highlighted ongoing fatalities from this preventable and curable disease, emphasizing challenges such as rising resistance to malaria drugs and insecticides, climate change, and conflict.

The report also detailed an increase in the incidence rate from 59 to 64 cases per 100,000 at-risk individuals from 2015 to 2024, while noting a slight reduction in the mortality rate from 14.9 to 13.8 per 100,000 at-risk individuals.

Africa remains the most affected continent, with approximately 95 percent of malaria cases and deaths in 2024. Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly countries like Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, bore the brunt of the disease’s impact.