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KMID : 1143420160090010013
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Public Health Weekly Report
2016 Volume.9 No. 1 p.13 ~ p.15
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The world malaria report 2015, WHO
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Cho Seung-Hee
Lee Dong-Han
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Abstract
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According to the "World Malaria Report 2015", released 9 DECEMBER 2015, the number of malaria cases globally fell from an estimated 262 millionin 2000, to 214 million in 2015, a decline of 18%. Most cases in 2015 are estimated to have occurred in the WHO African Region (88%), followed by the WHO South-East Asia Region (10%) and the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (2%). The incidence of malaria, which takes into account population growth, is estimated to have decreased by 37% between 2000 and 2015. Also, the number of malaria deaths globally fell from an estimated 839,000 in 2000, to 438,000 in 2015, a decline of 48%. Most deaths in 2015 were in the WHO African Region (90%), followed by the WHO South-East Asia Region (7%) and the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (2%). The malaria mortality rate, which takes into account population growth, is estimated to have decreased by 60% globally between 2000 and 2015.
An averted malaria cases in sub-Saharan Africa since 2001 as a direct result of the scale-up of three key malaria control interventions: insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITN), indoor residual spraying (IRS) and artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT).
Despite progress, significant challenges remain. Decreases in case incidence and mortality rates were slowest in countries that had the largest numbers of malaria cases and deaths in 2000. In many of these countries, weak health systems continue to impede progress in malaria control.
Also, the progress is threatened by the rapid development and spread of mosquito resistance to insecticides and resistance to antimalarial drugs.
To address remaining and emerging challenges, WHO developed the Global technical strategy for malaria 2016-030, which was adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2015. The strategy sets ambitious but achievable targets for 2030, including a reduction in global malaria incidence and mortality of at least 90%; the elimination of malaria in at least 35 countries; and the prevention of a resurgence of malaria in all countries that are malaria free. Achieving these targets will require country leadership, sustained political commitment and a tripling of global investment for malaria control.
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