Jakarta, April 25 -- The Ministry of Health stated that it aims to conduct 8 million malaria tests to identify 1.1 million cases of malaria in Indonesia, as estimated by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The ministry's Director of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, Ina Agustina Isturini, reported a rise in malaria cases during an online media gathering for World Malaria Day 2025 here on Friday.

Cases climbed to 543,965 in 2024 from around 418 thousand in 2023 and 440 thousand in 2022.

She pointed out that of the approximately 543 thousand cases detected, around 93 percent, or 498 thousand, were concentrated in Papua.

She noted that while the number of detected cases increased, the figure is still far below WHO's estimate ...