Global Malaria Report

This report by Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partners offers information on the status of malaria worldwide and on countries’ progress to control the disease through treatment and prevention. The report is described as being based on information available to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) at the end of 2004 from routine reports, household surveys and special studies.

The report states that in 2003 approximately 350 to 500 million people worldwide became ill with malaria. The reasons, as indicated in the report, are because of "advances in data collection methods and increases in the world’s population." The report makes note that reversing the incidence of malaria by 2015 is a target of the Millennium Development Goals.

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