See a map showing the presence of Anopheles maculipennis s.l. mosquitoes in Europe. Malaria was endemic in the EU until the 1970s. Now, around 99% of the malaria cases reported each year in the EU are travel related.
Malaria is one of the major world public health problems, causing 350-500 million infections worldwide and approximately 1 million deaths annually. It occurs in large areas of Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the South Pacific.
The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises
Jan 2021
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Tracking infectious diseases in a warming world
Nov 2020
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Pathogen reduction of blood components during outbreaks of infectious diseases in the European Union: an expert opinion from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control consultation meeting
Dec 2019
Peer-Reviewed Publication
The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate
Nov 2019
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Health crisis in Venezuela: Status of communicable diseases and implications for the European union and European economic area, may 2019
