{"id":150666,"date":"2019-09-09T14:06:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=150666"},"modified":"2019-09-09T14:40:19","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:40:19","slug":"malaria-could-be-eliminated-by-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=150666","title":{"rendered":"Malaria Could Be Eliminated By 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Malaria Could Eliminated By 2050<\/p>\n

Malaria could be wiped out as early as 2050 with the right tools,
\nenough funding and sufficient political will power, according to
\nscientists.<\/p>\n

One of the world\u2019s oldest diseases, there are over 200 million malaria
\ncases each year and the disease claims almost half a million lives.<\/p>\n

Young children are most vulnerable to the disease, with those under
\nthe age of five accounting for 61% of the deaths.<\/p>\n

Now a new report \u2013 Malaria eradication within a generation: Ambitious,
\nachievable, and necessary \u2013 says the complete eradication of the
\ndisease is within reach.<\/p>\n

The Lancet Commission on malaria eradication was set up in 2017 in
\npartnership with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to
\ninvestigate how to stamp out the disease.<\/p>\n

Authored by 41 malariologists, biomedical scientists, economists, and
\nhealth policy experts, it found the global incidence of malaria has
\ndropped by 36% since 2000.<\/p>\n

It also found fatalities had fallen by 60% in the last three years,
\nbut that progress had stalled in the last three years.<\/p>\n

Investment by governments and donors to tackle the disease have also
\nplateaued, peaking at 4.3 billion US dollars (\u00a33.5 billion) in 2016.<\/p>\n

While more than half of the world\u2019s countries are now free from
\nmalaria, the study found there has been a rise in malaria cases in 55
\ncountries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.<\/p>\n

The research found that the large majority of new cases were recorded
\nin 29, mostly African countries, with Nigeria and the Democratic
\nRepublic of Congo accounting for 36% of global cases.<\/p>\n

The report\u2019s authors are now calling for a package of tools, policy
\ninitiatives and funding to try and stamp out the disease.<\/p>\n

They propose a three-point plan to \u201cbend the curve\u201d in the fight
\nagainst malaria, including making better use of current malaria
\ncontrol programmes.<\/p>\n

Secondly, the scientists want to see the development of new tools,
\nvaccines, and drugs to fight the disease, as well as a funding boost
\nof two billion US dollars (\u00a31.6 billion) to put the plan into action.<\/p>\n

They argue that by wiping out malaria, it would overcome the problem
\nof \u201crelentless evolution\u201d of drug resistance by the disease and
\ninsecticide resistance by mosquitoes.<\/p>\n

The social and economic benefits to countries where malaria is common
\nwould greatly exceed the cost, the report said.<\/p>\n

Sir Richard Feacham, a co-chair of The Lancet\u2019s commission on malaria
\neradication, said: \u201cFor too long, malaria eradication has been a
\ndistant dream, but now we have evidence that malaria can and should be
\neradicated by 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sir Richard, who is the director of the Global Health Group at UCSF,
\nadded: \u201cTo achieve this common vision, we simply cannot continue with
\nbusiness as usual approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world is at a tipping point, and we must instead challenge
\nourselves with ambitious targets and commit to the bold action needed
\nto meet them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho, a co-chair of the commission and a board
\nmember of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria, said: \u201cDespite
\nunprecedented progress, malaria continues to strip communities around
\nthe world of promise and economic potential, UK Press Association
\nreports.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is particularly true in Africa, where just five countries
\naccount for nearly half of the global burden.<\/p>\n

\u201cMalaria eradication is a public health and equity imperative of our
\ngeneration.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Malaria Could Eliminated By 2050 Malaria could be wiped out as early as 2050 with the right tools, enough funding and sufficient political will power, according to scientists. One of the world\u2019s oldest diseases, there are over 200 million malaria cases each year and the disease claims almost half a million lives. Young children are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[2658,2039],"class_list":["post-150666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-more","tag-a","tag-malaria"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/150667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}