Malaria cases spike in Malawi, Pakistan after 'climate-driven' disasters

London (AFP) April 24, 2023

Extreme weather events in Malawi and Pakistan have driven "very sharp" rises in malaria infections and deaths, a global health chief said ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25. Cases in Pakistan last year, after devastating floods left a third of the country under water, rose four-fold to 1.6 million, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In Malawi, Cyclone Freddy in March t