Botswana - Notified cases of malaria

0.6 (cases per 100,000 people) in 2021

In 2021, malaria cases for Botswana was 0.6 cases per 100,000 people. Though Botswana malaria cases fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to decrease through 2002 - 2021 period ending at 0.6 cases per 100,000 people in 2021.

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Malaria incidence is expressed as the number of new cases of malaria per 100,000 people each year. The number of cases reported is adjusted to take into account incompleteness in reporting systems, patients seeking treatment in the private sector, self-medicating or not seeking treatment at all, and potential over-diagnosis through the lack of laboratory confirmation of cases.