Malaria will certainly not be eradicated by 2030

As the international community commemorates International Malaria Day this Friday, April 25, more than 263 million people contracted the disease in 2023, and nearly 600,000 died from it.

On the African continent, RFI reports, malaria claims some 500,000 lives every year.

And yet, the international community had pledged to eliminate malaria by 2030, a disease that largely affects the African continent.

But this is unfortunately not possible with the funding freeze imposed by Donald Trump.

According to the Malaria Atlas Project consortium of researchers, one year of a complete freeze on US funding would result in 15 million more cases of malaria, and 107,000 more deaths.

In addition, many of the countries most affected by malaria will be entering the rainy season.

Given these alarming figures and indicators, the disease will certainly not be eradicated by 2030.

Nevertheless, in 25 years, investment in the fight against malaria has prevented two billion infections and 13 million deaths, mainly in Africa.

Good news, but not enough.