By 2018, approximately 54% of all infants in the region were exclusively breastfed up to the age of six months, representing a significant increase from 47% in 2015 and surpassing the global target of at least 50% by 2025.
To commemorate World Malaria Day 2023, World Health Organization has urged the countries affected by the disease globally to accelerate the reach of high-impact
Reductions in the efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapies, especially in the Greater Mekong Subregion, as well as increased vector resistance to pyrethroids, the risk of increased morbidity, mortality and spread. In several countries, cross-border transmission continues to be a major impediment to achieving the elimination targets. World Malaria Day 2023: Time to Deliver Zero Malaria, Says WHO.