 WHO releases World Malaria Report 2008
There were an estimated 247 million cases of malaria and 881000 deaths from the disease in 2006, mostly among children in Africa, making it one of the world’s leading killers.
Yet the World Malaria Report - 2008 provides strong evidence that a renewed global assault on malaria, underway since the turn of the millennium, has been accelerating in the last few years. The report documents the significant progress, early successes, and biggest challenges as of 2006.
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