The WHO African Region accounted for 95% of malaria cases and 96% of deaths from it.. Children under the age of five account for about 80% of all malaria deaths in the Region

Despite the remarkable gains achieved by the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa in many health areas, such as the decrease in maternal mortality rates and the decline in the rates of morbidity caused by smoking, the region still faces many challenges that await appropriate solutions to them, perhaps the most prominent of which is the elimination of Malaria, a disease that continues to spread among the population in most countries of Central Africa.

Over the course of several years during the past decade, the incidence of malaria in all countries of the continent recorded a series of continuous declines, but it stopped in recent years, and the prevalence of the disease returned to the rise; The WHO African Region accounts for a large share of the global malaria burden. In 2020, this region witnessed 95% of malaria cases and 96% of deaths from it, knowing that children under five years old (the weakest group) represent about 80% of all deaths. According to estimates by the World Health Organization.

Sub-Saharan Africa is in sub-Saharan Africa and includes 49 sovereign states, that is, all of Africa except for five countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.

Estimates indicate that the population of the brown continent is expected to triple by the year 2100, which means a high demand for food, water and agricultural commodities, to meet the needs of these increasing numbers of people, which prompted many governments and development agencies to cooperate to launch agricultural projects that seek to achieve more ambitious goals.

Doubling rice production

One of the most prominent examples of the African countries’ efforts to double agricultural production is that the Alliance for the Development of Rice in Africa, a framework for public policies, has set a goal to double production from 28 million tons in 2018 to 56 million tons by 2030, and the governments of many countries The continent began working on increasing the volume of international trade in agricultural products.

Agricultural development, including the expansion of new lands and the adoption of intensive agricultural practices and patterns, using heavy irrigation systems or fertilizers to improve crops, is a double-edged sword, as it can improve farmers' incomes, as well as improve health care and education services, and gross domestic product. However, if this is achieved through wrong practices, it can cause severe damage to ecosystems, as the expansion of agricultural land may lead to the removal of more forest areas, and thus to increased carbon emissions, higher rates of air and water pollution and loss of biodiversity.