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Prev Next Last year, the disease claimed about 409,000 lives, compared to 411,000 in 2018. “Countries in South-East Asia made particularly strong progress, with reductions in cases and deaths of 73 per cent and 74 per cent, respectively. India contributed to the largest drop in cases region-wide – from approximately 20 million to about 6 million,†WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in the report’s forward. The report said that the WHO South-East Asia Region accounted for about 3 per cent of the burden of malaria cases globally. Malaria cases reduced by 73 per cent in the region, from...
