Great context, lexande! Relatedly, below is the disease burden per capita from malaria for a age-standardised population, and respective uncertainty[1]. There seems to be a stabilisation from 2017 to 2019, but this period is only 2 years. I assume the higher values in 2020 and 2021 were caused by COVID-19.
From page 18: ”Between 2000 and 2019, case incidence in the WHO African Region decreased from 370 to 226 per 1000 population at risk, but increased to 232 per 1000 population at risk in 2020, mainly because of disruptions to services during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, case incidence declined to 223 per 1000 population at risk.”
This is an argument for the effectiveness of existing interventions.
Great context, lexande! Relatedly, below is the disease burden per capita from malaria for a age-standardised population, and respective uncertainty[1]. There seems to be a stabilisation from 2017 to 2019, but this period is only 2 years. I assume the higher values in 2020 and 2021 were caused by COVID-19.
I guess the shaded area respects the 90 % or 95 % confidence interval. I did not quickly find information about this.
WHO claims the bump is due to covid-19 disruptions in world malaria report 2023.
From page 18:
”Between 2000 and 2019, case incidence in the WHO African Region decreased from 370 to 226 per 1000 population at risk, but increased to 232 per 1000 population at risk in 2020, mainly because of disruptions to services during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, case incidence declined to 223 per 1000 population at risk.”
This is an argument for the effectiveness of existing interventions.