A group of researchers at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington has found that malaria tends to cause more number of deaths than it was previously estimated by the WHO. It is being said by the team that the number of deaths is almost double as compared to the previously assessed number.

The report has found recently that malaria-borne disease has killed a considerable increased number of people in the past when number of deaths was evaluated by the WHO. The team had conducted a review of malaria deaths, after which, it was concluded that adults are at high risk of suffering from malaria-borne deadly disease.

The team told that the r-reevaluation was conducted with the help of a technique called verbal autopsy, which helped them derive the apt report about malaria deaths in the past. It found that around 80,000 children aged five to 14 and more than 445,000 of age 15 years and more suffered from malaria and died in the year 2010.

However, the number of deaths likely to occur due to malaria has been found to be too large. But, a corresponding study has also revealed that number of deaths has diminished to a significant extent since the past three decades. It was found that better drugs have made it possible for the country to fight malaria and reduce the number of malaria deaths.

"We have seen a huge increase in both funding and in policy attention given to malaria over the past decade, and it's having real impact", added Alan Lopez, a population health expert at the University of Queensland in Australia. To achieve health and development goals and eradicate the disease causing deaths, donor support is also needed to be increased.