5 Countries with Highest Malaria Death Rates

3. Burkina Faso 

Total Deaths per 100,000 People: 81.2

Burkina Faso ranks third among countries with highest malaria death rates, recording over 19,000 deaths in 2020. Treatment strategies include artemisinin-based therapies, Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs), and Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) for children aged 3–59 months. Initiatives like Target Malaria explore innovative approaches such as genetically modified mosquitoes to curb malaria transmission.