This year's World Malaria Day theme---"Achieving Progress and Impact"---highlights recent successes in efforts to and causes global partners to take stock of what needs to be done to to reach near zero deaths by 2015.
Success and Challenges
In the last 10 years, funding has increased and many partners have stepped up efforts and joined together to scale up life-saving malaria interventions, especially in Africa.
For example, by the end of 2010, enough insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) had been delivered to sub-Saharan Africa to cover three-quarters of the 765 million people living in areas where malaria is transmitted.
Increased efforts and funding have led to progress and impact...more
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