Malaria

• Malaria

  • Translates to “Bad air”

  • Remains to be the leading parasitic disease that causes mortality worldwide. Most important parasitic disease.
• Malaria

  • Acute febrile illness in a non-immune individual, symptoms usually appear 10-15 days after the infective mosquito bite.

  • The first symptoms: Fever, headache, chills – may be difficult to recognize as Malaria.
• Malaria

  • Malaria is endemic in more than 90 countries, at least 90% of deaths caused by malaria occur in Africa.
• Malaria

  • 2019, there were an estimated 229 million cases of malaria worldwide. Estimated number of Malaria deaths stood 409,000 in 2019.
• Malaria

  • Children aged under 5 years old are the most vulnerable group affected by Malaria in 2019. They accounted 67% (274,000) of all Malaria death worldwide.
• Malaria

  • In the Philippines, as of 2018 there are about 2,976 cases of Malaria, Majority coming from Palawan.