GHANA CUT MALARIA DEATHS 98%.
Reported malaria deaths fell from 3,259 in 2011 to 52 in 2025.
Ghana has turned a once-routine killer into a far rarer cause of death, while keeping the unfinished work visible.
WHAT HAPPENED
According to Ghana Health Service, reported malaria deaths declined from 3,259 in 2011 to 52 in 2025. Officials credit expanded use of insecticide-treated nets, seasonal malaria chemoprevention, better diagnostics, treatment and surveillance. The country is now pursuing elimination district by district.
WHY THIS IS HOPESLOP
This is what durable public-health progress often looks like: not one invention, but layers of prevention, care and measurement compounding for more than a decade. The remaining burden is serious, yet thousands of families have been spared loss.
ORIGINAL SOURCEGhana Health ServiceRead the original report
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