Malaria 2014 Deaths May Top 20,000 in Ebola-Hit Nations
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The spread of Ebola in West Africa is exacerbating the effects of malaria in the region, according to the World Health Organization.
An estimated 6.6 million malaria cases and 20,000 deaths from the disease affected Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in 2013, the WHO said in a report today. This year, as most clinics that aren’t treating Ebola remain closed and people fear contracting Ebola at health facilities, malaria cases aren’t being treated and the situation is worsening significantly, according to Pedro Alonso, head of the WHO’s Global Malaria Program. Ebola has killed about 6,331 in the three countries.