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Strategic approach 6: Strengthen malaria surveillance, monitoring and evaluation

Strengthening the surveillance system, as a cross-cutting strategy, is crucial for producing results in disease control programmes. The surveillance system is needed for priority-setting, policy and decision-making and for planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation purposes.

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Malaria threats map

Statistics and figures

In the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region:

291 million people at risk for malaria in 2015 111 million at high risk

Estimated malaria case incidence decreased by 11% between 2010  and 2015

Estimated malaria mortality rate reduced by 6% between 2010 and 2015