Iran says malaria cases have fallen sharply and that the country is close to eliminating local transmission, despite continued challenges linked to border crossings and environmental factors.

Reductions in British foreign aid are threatening to trigger a catastrophic resurgence of malaria across Africa, potentially leading to an additional million deaths by 2030.

Kenya's fight against malaria has seen a five-percent drop in cases between 2023 and 2025 despite financial shortages, a government official said on Thursday.

Namibia has officially announced the conclusion of a cholera outbreak in the Opuwo District of the Kunene Region, as well as a widespread malaria outbreak in the northern regions of the country.

The world’s first malaria treatment specifically designed for newborns and young babies has been approved for use and is set to be rolled out across African countries within weeks, marking a critical advance in the fight against one of the world's deadliest diseases.

Malaria claimed nearly 600,000 lives in 2023, with the vast majority of cases and fatalities occurring in Africa, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2024 World Malaria Report.

Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said Wednesday, but called for faster progress against the disease that killed nearly some 597,000 people last year.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially certified Egypt as malaria-free, signifying the elimination of a disease that had affected the nation since ancient times.

Nigeria officially launched its malaria vaccination campaign this week to protect millions of children from the deadly disease, focusing heavily on high-risk states, News.Az reports citing Voice of America.