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Summary
Malaria, the disease that causes the deaths of approximately 1.2 million people around the globe every year, could be erased in the next 10 o 15 years.Scientists have examined the Malaria causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum over five years and found out that it is likely to vanish within the next decade and a half, as long as transmission rates can significantly be reduced. If 90% of transmission cases would decrease, the organism would possibly become extinct. Malaria gets mostly transmitted by mosquitoes and 90% of Malaria deaths occur on the African continent. That is why it is least likely for countries like Angola, Chad or Somalia to fight the disease, as poverty rates and unstable governing already represent tough challenges for its population.
