NIGERIA. Ogbia. December 19, 2024.
View of the river banks in Onuegbu community (Bayelsa State). Located in the southern region of Nigeria, Bayelsa is one of 24 out of 36 Nigerian states that have experienced an increase in malaria cases since 2010, with an estimated 673,000 cases in 2021, 1.0% of Nigeria's malaria cases, according to WHO Report on malaria in Nigeria. As the most populous country in Africa, Nigeria accounts for approximately 27% of the global malaria burden and 31% of global malaria deaths, according to the latest WHO data.