{"id":2760,"date":"2010-05-04T19:53:57","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T19:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/?page_id=2760"},"modified":"2026-04-11T08:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:27:17","slug":"malaria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/our-work\/malaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaria Results, Statistics and Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>EXTRACT FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION WEBSITE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female <em>Anopheles<\/em>\u00a0mosquitoes. It is preventable and curable. There are 5 parasite species that cause malaria in humans, and 2 of these species \u2013\u00a0<em>Plasmodium falciparum<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Plasmodium vivax<\/em> \u2013 pose the greatest threats.<\/p>\n<div>There were an estimated 246 million cases of malaria in 2024, and the estimated number of malaria deaths stood at 597,000.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>The WHO&#8217;s latest update &#8211; 2024:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>According to WHO\u2019s latest <em>World malaria report<\/em>, there were an estimated 282 million cases and 610, 000 malaria deaths worldwide in 2024. This represents about 9 million more cases in 2024 compared to 2023. Approximately 95% of the deaths occurred in the WHO African Region. Children under 5 years of age accounted for approximately 76% of all malaria deaths in this Region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Malaria\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Malaria\">Malaria<\/a><\/strong> disease caused by P. falciparum\u00a0may result in death within hours or a few days of infection especially in those with a low immunity such as children, pregnant women, people with AIDS and travellers with little or no <strong>malaria <\/strong>protection. It can also result in the miscarriage\u00a0of pregnant women, low birth-weight infants, developmental disabilities and other complications.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2026 &#8211; Distribution of mosquito nets in Chipondo and Singwamba primary schools, and Nguba secondary school.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2025 &#8211; Distribution of 2,000 mosquito nets to school children in Kazungula and Kalomo Districts\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2025 &#8211; Distribution of 3,800 mosquito nets to school children in Mulobezi District &#8211; Western Province<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2024 &#8211; Further distribution of mosquito nets in Nyawa schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2023<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Distribution of mosquito nets in Nyawa schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2022 &#8211; Further distribution of mosquito nets in schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2021 &#8211; Distribution of 2,000 mosquito nets to rural schools where malaria is most prevalent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2021 &#8211; Insecticidal coating and larviciding in Moomba Chiefdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2021 &#8211; Working in partnership with Medical Aid Films, using an animated film on &#8216;How to prevent malaria&#8217; in the Kazungula District health facilities\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2020 &#8211; Distribution of 2,200 mosquito nets to Bunsanga, Malimba, Chilaba, Moomba, Siamasimbi,\u00a0 Ndele and Chuunga Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2020 &#8211; Distribution of insecticidal coating and larviciding in Singwamba region, Nyawa Chiefdom and Moomba Chiefdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2020 &#8211; T<\/strong><strong>ranslation of an animated film,\u00a0 produced by Medical Aid Films, on &#8216;How to prevent malaria&#8217; and distributed to Kazungula District Health facilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2019 &#8211; Zero cases of malaria in Nyawa Villages after intervention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2019 &#8211; Distibution of mosquito nets to took place in Kamwi, Chuunga and Mambova &amp; Musokotwane Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2019 &#8211; Larviciding &#8211; Ngwezi, Musokotwane Chiefdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2019 &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0C<strong>ompletion of distribution of insecticidal coating and larviciding in entire Moomba Chiefdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2018 &#8211; Distribution of 800 mosquito nets at Sikaunzwe and Kauwewa Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2018 &#8211; Larviciding through Moomba Chiefdom at Kamwi area of Mukuni Chiefdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2018 &#8211; New programme in Nyawa Chiefdom with distibution of 650 mosquito nets, insecticidal coating in 170 dwellings and larviciding in ponds and streams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No case of malaria have been recorded since application from April 2018 until May 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 &#8211; 2018 &#8211; New programme in Moomba Chiefdom with distribution of mosquito nets, insecticidal coating and larviciding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Malaria cases recorded reduced between 60% and 90% from 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong> &#8211;<strong> Pioneer programme &#8211; distribution of mosquito nets in schools. 1,450 given to every pupils and teacher at River View School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 &#8211; June, July and August no new cases of malaria reported in Mukuni Chiefdom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>&#8211; Only one case of malaria reported in areas where the new products have been applied, which was contracted from outside the area<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 &#8211; The Butterfly Tree donates 2,000 mosquito nets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2016 &#8211; Mukuni Chiefdom records the lowest number of cases of malaria in the Kazungula District<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2016 Zambia saw an increase in <strong>malaria<\/strong>, with outbreaks turning into emergencies in the districts of Ndola, Kazungula and Kabwe. Kazungula recorded over 9,000 cases, however the entire Mukuni Chiefdom had only 200, but only a handful in the areas where our new <strong>malaria prevention<\/strong> intervention was applied. Whereas Singwamba, in the Nyawa Chiefdom, recorded\u00a03,245 cases and 12 deaths in children between the ages of 1 and 13 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2016 &#8211; The Butterfly Tree reports zero cases of malaria in Chuunga Village<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The villages in the Chuunga Community used to have high cases of <strong>malaria<\/strong>, due to lack of prevention methods. In November 2015 The Butterfly Tree distributed\u00a0an innovative\u00a0<strong>malaria prevention<\/strong> initiative, using a safe insecticidal coating, in all the households. From the 1st January to 31st March no new cases have <strong>malaria<\/strong> have been reported. Over 1,000 households have been protected in the Mukuni and Sekute Chiefdoms.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2015 &#8211; The Butterfly Tree launches\u00a0a new innovative malaria prevention programme\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The charity has been granted a licence to for importation, storage transportation and distribution of new innovative products that could potentially save the lives of thousands of people. The first distribution of the products started in November 2015.<\/p>\n<h2>Malaria Statistics<\/h2>\n<p><strong>According to the World Health Organisation in 2019, there were an estimated 229 million cases of malaria in 91 countries, an increase of 12 million cases over 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Malaria deaths reached 409 000 in 2019\u00a0compared with 411 000 deaths in 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Globally malaria is one of the biggest killers of man in low-income countries<\/li>\n<li>An estimated 3.4 billion people are at risk of malaria<\/li>\n<li>94% of deaths occur in the WHO Africa Region<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/MALARIA_map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/MALARIA_map-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/MALARIA_map-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/MALARIA_map-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/MALARIA_map-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/MALARIA_map-2x1.jpg 2w, https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-content\/images\/MALARIA_map.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Map courtesy of GIS+E of malaria case incidence rate (cases per 1000 population at risk) by country, 2018. Source: WHO estimates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malaria incidence, 2018\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">0.1 to 1 1 to 10 =10 to 50 &gt;50 to 100 &gt;100 to 250 \u2192250 Not applicable No malaria<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zambia (2018) 17 million people at risk, 2.7 million cases, 7,000 deaths<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"largetext\">Help Prevent Malaria<\/h2>\n<p>Child deaths caused by <strong>malaria<\/strong> have halved in the last decade. Just \u00a36 (US$8) will buy a mosquito net to help protect people from this destructive disease.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"largetext\">Our Malaria Projects<\/h2>\n<p>The charity also provides mosquito nets and educational workshops in remote villages and pioneered a project, &#8216;<strong>Mosquito nets for schools<\/strong>&#8216; in 2017.\u00a0 Early testing is imperative &#8211;\u00a0it can be easily treated. Workshops inform the people of the importance of being tested and how sleeping under\u00a0insecticide-treated nets can save lives. Community health workers provide a vital role in helping to prevent complications caused by <strong>malaria<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Butterfly Tree\u00a0helps to increase\u00a0awareness and raise funds to assist Zambia&#8217;s\u00a0fight against <strong>malaria<\/strong>. In 2015 a safe innovative malaria prevention initiative was brought into Zambia by The Butterfly Tree, with the potential to save thousands of lives. It is proving to substantially reduce the number of <strong>malaria<\/strong> cases in the Southern Province of Zambia. The interventions include a safe insecticidal coating, which is harmless to humans and animals, and larviciding.<\/p>\n<p>We have received support from Saga Charitable Trust and Medisave UK, The Murphy Family Foundation, The Agnus Lawson Memorial Trust, St James Place Foundation, Nick Bousliman, and Rotary and Inner Wheel Clubs.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">To further\u00a0help the global fight against malaria\u00a0The Butterfly Tree has been working with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalaidfilms.org\/\"><strong>Medical Aid Films<\/strong><\/a>. The organisation has produced a wonderful, animated video on malaria prevention, after which The Butterfly Tree had it translated into the local Tokalya language: Use this link to see the film entitled &#8216;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user22054561\/download\/464932841\/8ca69284ad\">How to prevent malaria<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">The film has since been circulated to all health facilities in the Kazungula District and is one of their major methods use to sensitize the people and for facilities that do not have any equipment mobiles phone communication is being used.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXTRACT FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION WEBSITE Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected female Anopheles\u00a0mosquitoes. It is preventable and curable. There are 5 parasite species that cause malaria<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/our-work\/malaria\/\"> More details ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17340,"parent":19,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-childtwowide.php","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2760"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17896,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2760\/revisions\/17896"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}