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KMID : 1143420160090180310
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Public Health Weekly Report
2016 Volume.9 No. 18 p.310 ~ p.323
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2015 World Malaria Report
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Lee Sang-Eun
Shin Hyun-Il
Yang Eun-Jeong
Cho Shin-Hyeong
Park Mi-Yeoun
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Abstract
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Among 5 species of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax are important and critical. Among these, P. falciparum is most prevalent in the African continent and is responsible for most malarial deaths and P. vivax has a wider geographical distribution than P. falciparum. By 2015, it had been estimated that the number of malaria cases decreased to 214 million and the number of deaths to 438,000. Regionally, the World Health Organization (WHO) had estimated that most cases in 2015 occurred in the African Region (88%), followed by the South-East Asian Region (10%) and the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2%). Similarly, it was estimated that in 2015 most deaths (90%) were in the African Region, followed by the South-East Asian Region (7%) and the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2%). With regard to child mortality in 2015, the under 5-mortality rate had decreased to 82 deaths per 1000 live births, leading to 2.9 million deaths. As of December 2015, there were 20 countries in the pre-elimination and elimination phases, and 8 in the prevention of malaria reintroduction phase. To address the remaining and emerging challenges, WHO developed 'the Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016?2030'. The Division of Malaria and Parasitic Diseases in the Korean Center for Disease Control has been continuously cooperating with international agencies to control or eliminate malaria.
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KEYWORD
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Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, malaria, WHO, elimination
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