Tanzania, May 7 -- Dar es Salaam. Climate change could lead to an additional 123 million malaria cases and 532,000 deaths across Africa by 2050, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

The study, titled Projected impacts of climate change on malaria in Africa, involved researchers from Tanzania's Ifakara Health Institute and Curtin University in Australia.

The researchers warn that extreme weather events, rather than rising temperatures alone, are likely to pose the greatest challenge to malaria control efforts.

Led by Tasmin Symons and senior author Peter Gething, the team used a geotemporal model combining 25 years of African data on climate patterns, malaria burden and socioeconomic conditions.

The analysis was based ...