Do I need malaria pills?
Do I need malaria pills? Anyone traveling to a region with malaria should consider antimalarial medication. Even if you were born in a country with malaria and since moved to the United States, consult with a travel health specialist on need. But, not every antimalarial is suited to everyone.
Where in Africa is malaria the worst?
Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, and Niger account for about half of all such fatalities. Nigeria alone had 31.3% of the world's malaria deaths in 2021. Malaria is transmitted through mosquitoes infected with plasmodium, a single-cell parasite.