World malaria report 201728 November 2017 | Geneva - After unprecedented global success in malaria control, progress has stalled, according to the World malaria report 2017. There were an estimated 5 million more malaria cases in 2016 than in 2015. Malaria deaths stood at around 445 000, a similar number to the previous year. “In recent years,...

25 April 2017 – A WHO-coordinated programme will pilot world’s first malaria vaccine in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi in 2018. The injectable vaccine was developed to protect young children from the most deadly form of malaria. Global efforts reduced malaria deaths by 62% between 2000 and 2015, yet approximately 429 000 people died of the disease in...

April 2017 – Senior representatives from national malaria control programmes around the world recently gathered in Geneva to share knowledge and best practices towards a common goal: “Getting to zero” by the year 2020. The global forum, convened by WHO from 16–17 March, provided a platform to review country-level progress towards elimination and devise...

4 April 2017 – The World Malaria Report, published annually by WHO, tracks progress and trends in malaria control and elimination across the globe. It is developed by WHO in collaboration with ministries of health and a broad range of partners. The 2016 report draws on data from 91 countries and areas with ongoing malaria transmission. Read the World...

Global disease burden in 2015 According to the latest estimates from WHO, there were 214 million new cases of malaria worldwide in 2015 (range 149–303 million). The African Region accounted for most global cases of malaria (88%), followed by the South-East Asia Region (10%) and the Eastern Mediterranean Region (2%). In 2015, there were an...

Estimates from WHO show a significant increase in the number of countries moving towards malaria elimination, with prevention efforts saving millions of dollars in health care costs over the past 14 years in many African countries. According to the "World Malaria Report 2015", more than half (57) of the 106 countries with malaria in 2000 had...

In accordance with the malaria T3 initiative (Test, Treat and Track) that emphasizes effective diagnosis and treatment of malaria, a regional training course on malaria case management will be held at the Blue Nile National Institute for Communicable Diseases in Wad Medani, Sudan, from 22 to 29 November 2014. The course is designed to build the...

15 April 2014 – On the occasion of World Malaria Day, 25 April 2014, WHO is focusing on helping countries move towards malaria elimination. Since 2000, there has been a 42% reduction in the global malaria mortality rate and many countries have declared malaria elimination as a national goal. Read more about World Malaria Day 2014

A Training module on malaria control: Entomology and vector control has been developed to improve the knowledge and skills of entomologists and vector control staff as well as of managers/senior health officers involved in malaria vector control at programme level. Read more Related link Global Environment Facility project: Demonstration of...

The first regional training course on malaria elimination will take place in Luxor, Egypt, from 17 to 22 November 2012.  This course is designed to provide trainees with the necessary skills and knowledge to develop a national plan for malaria elimination.  The aim of the training is to improve the participants’ capacity in critical synthesis of...