Malaria deaths decrease 60% since 2000

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Malaria deaths decrease 60% since 2000

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Malaria deaths worldwide have fallen by 60% since 2000, the UN said Thursday, September 17, with improved diagnostic tests and the massive distribution of mosquito nets aiding dramatic progress against the disease. Fifteen years ago, an estimated 262 million malaria cases killed nearly 840,000 people. Projections for 2015 indicate that some 214 million cases are likely to cause 438,000 deaths, according to a joint report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF). Had malaria infection and death rates remained unchanged since 2000, another 6.2 million people would have died, according to the report.

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