SkipdirectlytositecontentSkipdirectlytopageoptionsSkipdirectlytoA-ZlinkMalariaSectionNavigationCDCHomeFacebookTwitterLinkedInSyndicateMalaria'sImpactWorldwideMinusRelatedPagesIn2019,anestimated409,000peoplediedofmalaria—mostwereyoungchildreninsub-SaharanAfrica.Withinthelastdecade,increasingnumbersofpartnersandresourceshaverapidlyincreasedmalariacontrolefforts.Thisscale-upofinterventionshassavedmillions oflivesgloballyandcutmalariamortalityby44%from2010to2019,leadingtohopesandplansforeliminationandultimatelyeradication.CDCbringsitstechnicalexpertisetosupporttheseeffortswithitscollaborativeworkinmanymalaria-endemiccountriesandregions.ClickheretolearnmoreabouthowtoreduceMalaria’sImpactMalaria’sImpactMalariaoccursmostlyinpoortropicalandsubtropicalareasoftheworld.Inmanyofthecountriesaffectedbymalaria,itisaleadingcauseofillnessanddeath.Inareaswithhightransmission,themostvulnerablegroupsareyoungchildren,whohavenotdevelopedimmunitytomalariayet,andpregnantwomen,whoseimmunityhasbeendecreasedbypregnancy.Thecostsofmalaria–toindividuals,families,communities,nations–areenormous.GeographyMalariaoccursmostlyinpoor,tropicalandsubtropicalareasoftheworld.Africaisthemostaffectedduetoacombinationoffactors:Averyefficientmosquito(Anophelesgambiae complex)isresponsibleforhightransmission.ThepredominantparasitespeciesisPlasmodiumfalciparum ,whichisthespeciesthatismostlikelytocauseseveremalariaanddeath.Localweatherconditionsoftenallowtransmissiontooccuryearround.Scarceresourcesandsocio-economicinstabilityhavehinderedefficientmalariacontrolactivities.Inotherareasoftheworld,malariaisalessprominentcauseofdeaths,butcancausesubstantialdiseaseandincapacitation,especiallyinsomecountriesinSouthAmericaandSouthAsia. StatisticsMalariaisoneofthemostseverepublichealthproblemsworldwide.Itisaleadingcauseofdeathanddiseaseinmanydevelopingcountries,whereyoungchildrenandpregnantwomenarethegroupsmostaffected.AccordingtotheWorldHealthOrganization’sWorldMalariaReport2020externaliconNearlyhalftheworld’spopulationl