A study published in Nature reveals that climate change is shifting malaria risks, reducing cases in current hotbeds like Nigeria and Mali while increasing them in cooler regions.
Malaria cases are projected to rise by 5 percent in the Ethiopian highlands and by 20 percent in regions like the Rift Valley and coastal southern Africa by the year 2100.
Researchers suggest that meeting the 2°C global warming threshold could avert 5 excess malaria cases per 1,000 children in southern Africa, provided governments implement more aggressive anti-malaria programs.