--- title: Malaria: There Were More Than 200 Million New Cases in 2015 description: Malaria is still a global scourge with more than 200 million new cases of the mosquito-borne disease in 2015, according to a new report. canonical: https://time.com/4596881/malaria-who-report-africa/ author: Melissa Chan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-13T05:01:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T10:30:24.711Z article:section: Health og:title: There Were More Than 200 Million New Cases of Malaria in 2015 og:description: "The world is still struggling" og:url: https://time.com/4596881/malaria-who-report-africa/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b0f9c76d14eda7d/6988b27a428a9e4b10cd5404/malaria-mosquito.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Zika virus, mosquito, Dengue, chikungunya fever, microcephaly og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: There Were More Than 200 Million New Cases of Malaria in 2015 twitter:description: "The world is still struggling" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b0f9c76d14eda7d/6988b27a428a9e4b10cd5404/malaria-mosquito.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There Were More Than 200 Million New Cases of Malaria in 2015, WHO Says > Sponsored content. 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Ninety percent of the total 212 million cases last year were in sub-Saharan Africa, where many people are not protected by insecticide-treated nets or insect repellent, WHO said Tuesday. Still, the public health arm of the United Nations believes the trend lines are moving the right way, with an overall 21% reduction in infection rates from 2010 to 2015 and 29% reduction in mortality. Children and pregnant women in Africa also now have greater access to effective malaria control, including testing and preventative treatments, WHO said. “We are definitely seeing progress, but the world is still struggling to achieve the high levels of program coverage that are needed to beat this disease,” Dr. Pedro Alonso, director of the WHO Global Malaria Program, said in a statement. The WHO report also said 429,000 people in the world [died of malaria](https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/) in 2015\. Children under 5 make up for about 70% of all malaria deaths. 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