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Nigeria Accounted For 27% of Half of Malaria Deaths Worldwide in 2020 – WHO

Nigeria Accounted For 27% of Half of Malaria Deaths Worldwide in 2020 - WHO | Daily Report Nigeria
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed Nigeria accounted for around 27 percent of malaria deaths worldwide in 2020.

The global organisation made this known in its world malaria report released on Monday.

According to WHO’s latest report: “About 96% of malaria deaths globally were in 29 countries. Six countries – Nigeria (27%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (12%), Uganda (5%), Mozambique (4%), Angola (3%) and Burkina Faso (3%) – accounted for just over half of all malaria deaths globally in 2020,” the report reads.

“Twenty-nine countries accounted for 96% of malaria cases globally, and six countries – Nigeria (27%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (12%), Uganda (5%), Mozambique (4%), Angola (3.4%) and Burkina Faso (3.4%) – accounted for about 55% of all cases globally.”

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