SIERRA LEONE: SIERRA LEONE’S MALARIA THREAT

摘要

As far as diseases go, malaria is the biggest killer on the African continent – although, thanks to impressive continent-wide interventions, it is not as lethal as it used to be. Between 2000 and 2015, the number of malaria cases in Africa declined by 42%, according to the World Health Organisation, and the number of malaria deaths dropped by two-thirds. This impressive progress is under threat because of another disease – Covid-19. As African countries scramble to respond to the pandemic, there is a risk that they neglect the continuous public health measures necessary to reduce cases of malaria.