Climate change and its impacts, particularly extreme weather and heatwaves, pose a “substantial risk” to progress being made to fight malaria, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

The number of malaria cases rose again in 2022, propelled by flooding and warmer weather in areas once free of the illness.

In a statement, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said, "The changing climate poses a substantial risk to progress against malaria, particularly in vulnerable regions. Sustainable and resilient malaria responses are needed now more than ever, coupled with urgent actions to slow the pace of global warming and reduce its effects."

Climate change — and the extreme weather events it brings — could raise global malaria rates, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday (Nov. 30)."The changing climate poses a substantial risk to progress against malaria,

Climate change is making the fight against malaria even harder, with the campaign already struggling to make up ground lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization warned Thursday.

There were more than 249 million malaria cases globally in 2022, which is more than pre-pandemic. | ITV National News

Climate change and its impacts, particularly extreme weather and heatwaves, pose a “substantial risk” to progress being made to fight malaria, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

The world is in danger of losing the fight against malaria, as cases of the disease rose by around 5 million year-on-year in 2022, exceeding global targets to contain it, a new World Health Organization report showed on Thursday.

New report says disease-carrying mosquitoes thrive in rising temperatures, leading to transmission in hitherto unaffected areas

Efforts to eliminate malaria are at a “crunch point” as climate change drives a deadly surge in cases, the World Health Organization has warned.