Deaths from malaria are more than expected; Research

Researchers have published in the February 4 issue of the journal The Lancet that malaria is causing more deaths than that of previous estimations.

Researchers have found that about 1.24 million people died from malaria in 2010 while World Health Organization (WHO) reported about 65,000 deaths from malaria in 2010.

It has also been found that in the world the death rate were at their peak but after that there was a decrease in malaria deaths.

"We estimated that if decreases from the peak year of 2004 continue, malaria mortality will decrease to less than 100,000 deaths only after 2020," Researchers write.

This research has been funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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