Quick Facts
- More than 40 percent of the world’s population lives in areas where there is a risk of contracting malaria.
- A child dies of malaria every 30 seconds.
- More than one million people die of malaria every year, mostly infants, young children and pregnant women and most of them in Africa.
- Approximately 300-500 million cases of clinical malaria occur each year.
- Malaria accounts for at least $12 billion in economic losses each year in Africa, and a reduction in annual economic growth estimated at 1.3 percent.
Source: World Health Organization