Summary

Following a sharp increase in the number of malaria cases beginning in November 2023 (see Malaria Epidemiological Update of 02/02/2024), malaria activity remained high in January 2024. A downward trend was observed in February, but transmission remained generally high during that month. Since the beginning of the year, infections have occurred primarily in rural areas and along roads in the Littoral region, as well as in suburban areas in the municipalities of Roura
(the villages of Cacao and Favard) and, to a lesser extent, in Matoury outside the town center.

Key Figures

(data as of February 25)

• 180 malaria cases diagnosed in the region, 27 patients hospitalized, 0 deaths.

• 178 P. vivax (Pv) cases, including 65 relapses (37%), and 2 P. falciparum (Pf) cases.

• 5 imported cases (including the 2 Pf cases), 72 indigenous cases, and 35 cases for which the presumed site of infection has not been identified (provisional data).