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KMID : 1143420180110170524
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Public Health Weekly Report
2018 Volume.11 No. 17 p.524 ~ p.532
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2017 World Malaria Control
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Shin Hyun-Il
Lee Sang-Eun
Ku Bo-Ra
Kim Tae-Yun
Cho Shin-Hyeong
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Abstract
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Background: Among 5 species of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are important and critical. P.
falciparum is most prevalent in the African continent and is responsible for most malaria-related deaths, but P. vivax has a
wider geographical distribution than P. falciparum .
Current status: By 2016, it had been estimated that the number of malaria cases increased to 216 million and the number
of deaths to 445,000. Regionally, the World Health Organization (WHO) had estimated that most cases in 2016 occurred in
Africa (90%), followed by the South-East Asia (7%) and the Eastern Mediterranean region (2%). Similarly, it was estimated
that in 2015, most deaths (90%) occurred in African, followed by South-East Asia (7%) and the Eastern Mediterranean
region (2%). Globally, more countries are moving forward to elimination; the number of countries with less than 10,000
malaria cases increased from 37 in 2010 to 44 in 2016. In 2016, Kyrgyzstan and Sri Lanka were certified by WHO to have
eliminated malaria. In 2016, WHO confirmed 21 countries with potential for malaria elimination by 2020 (E-2020). The
Republic of Korea is also included in E-2020.
Future perspective: The Division of Vectors and Parasitic Diseases in the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has
been continuously cooperating with international and national 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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