The mosquito-borne disease's latest annual death toll sits at 655,000. Photo / Supplied
Malaria could kill 200,000 more people a year if a drug-resistant strain
escapes from Asia, experts warn. The problem so far is confined to the Greater
Mekong region of Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam. But if it spreads,
especially to Africa, health authorities fear a 25 per cent spike in the
mosquito-borne disease's latest annual death toll of 655,000, which
unofficially is thought to be much higher.
The issue will be addressed at a conference opening in Sydney today and
attended by ministers from 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, which
suffers 30 million malaria cases a year, resulting in 42,000 deaths. Africa
bears the brunt of the world's malaria cases, accounting for around 90 per cent
of the 216 million people affected each year.
NZ Herald
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