P. vivax malaria in Africa
In 2022, 0.5% of malaria cases in the WHO African Region were caused by P. vivax. Vivax malaria was only recorded in 3 countres in Eastern Africa in 2022: Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Eritrea. Ethiopia accounted for 95% of the regions total vivax malaria burden, totaling 388,416 out of 410,829 total cases.1