Eliminate malaria once and for all or it will come back stronger, UN warned

World faces malaria emergency' from resistance to insecticides, waning efficacy of drugs, funding shortfalls and climate change

African leaders have warned that the world is facing the biggest malaria emergency" of the past two decades.

Heads of state and experts came together in a show of unity to call for urgent action on malaria at the UN general assembly on Friday, saying progress on eradicating the disease faced serious setbacks from mosquitoes' growing resistance to insecticides, and the decreased effectiveness of antimalarial drugs and diagnostic tests.