Tanzania, May 15 -- Almost half of the world's population is at risk of malaria infection with some 249 million people diagnosed with the disease in 2022. Then, it claimed 608,000 lives, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, where children under five accounted for staggering 80 percent of the deaths.

The World Health Organization (WHO) Global Technical Strategy for Malaria targets a 90 percent reduction in mortality and incidence rates by 2030. three-quartersKey interventions include maintaining the efficacy of artemisinin-based therapies, developing new non-artemisinin combinations and vector control tools and addressing emerging drug/insecticide resistance and intervention gaps like outdoor biting. Others are enhancing diagnostics for asymptom...