Malaria kills more than Ebola virus disease

Abstract

The WHO Global Malaria Programme proposed measures to reduce the negative effect of the Ebola-virus-disease epidemic on malaria burden and released interim guidelines for malaria prevention and control in Ebola-virus-disease-affected zones in November, 2014.6 These guidelines recommend changes in testing practices, new approaches for long-lasting impregnated nets distribution to avoid overcrowding, and mass drug administration--ie, mass treatment of a large section of the population irrespective of symptoms--with artemisinin-based combination therapies in areas heavily affected by Ebola virus disease, where malaria transmission is high and access to malaria treatment is very low.