Dar es Salaam, June 2 -- MALARIA prevalence has declined from 18.1 per cent in 2008 to 8.1 per cent in 2022, according to a new report by the Ifakara Health Institute.

Manager of the National Malaria Controll Programme (NCMP), Dr Lazaro Samwel, presented the report when briefing on the development on fight against malaria during the Malaria Forum 2023 in Dar es Salaam.

According to Dr Samwel, the decrease was a result of ensuring that all people in Tanzania have equitable access to sustainable, quality,effective, safe and affordable malaria preventative and curative services through efficient collaborative partnership and community ownership.

“Number of confirmed malaria cases declined by 55 per cent from 7.7 million in 2015 to 3...