Drug-resistant malaria poses growing challenge to treatment and elimination efforts
Global malaria incidence has risen by 8.5% since 2015, complicating elimination efforts due to emerging drug resistance. While India has successfully reduced its malaria burden, experts warn that progress remains fragile in rural areas and with the persistent transmission of Plasmodium vivax.
Why it matters
The rise of drug-resistant malaria threatens to undo decades of public health progress, potentially leading to a resurgence of a disease that kills hundreds of thousands annually.
Although the incidence of malaria fell by nearly a quarter between 2000 and 2015, the trend has reversed over the past decade, with global incidence rising by 8.5% since 2015. Experts say the growing threat of resistance to anti-malarial medicines could complicate efforts to eliminate the disease and reverse gains.
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