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World Malaria Day 2011: Achieving Progress and Impact
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- Progress and Impact Achieved:
- In 2010 malaria prevention efforts saved 485 children's lives in Africa every day.
- The last decade has seen over one third of malaria endemic countries successfully cut malaria cases by 50% or more.
- Global malaria deaths dropped by over 20% between 2000-2009.
- Remaining Malaria Burden:
- Malaria continues to kill more young children than any other single disease, claiming the life of a child every 45 seconds.
- Every year, over 780,000 people die from malaria. More than 90% of these deaths are in Africa. Yet malaria is preventable and treatable. Every life lost is needless.
- Action needed:
- Increased, predictable and sustained funding critical in continuing to save lives and sutain current gains--we will backslide if momentum is lost.
- Improved access to malaria prevention, accurate diagnostics and appropriate treatment--saving lives and reducing the risk of drug resistance.
- Further investment in research and development of new tools
- Potential Impact:
- Malaria control is a highly cost-effective child health intervention, representing one of today's best investments in global health.
- We can save the lives of 3 million children by 2015 with universal malaria prevention coverage in Africa alone.
- The landmark 2015 goal of near zero deaths from malaria can be achieved with sustained investment in proven interventions along with research and devleopment of new tools.
