Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease. Recent progress shows that together, we can put a stop to the unnecessary malaria deaths worldwide.

As a leading global killer and a catalyst for poverty, malaria is an important global issue. With half the world at risk, action must be taken to end this preventable and treatable disease.

Recently, there has been a surge in coordinated international financing for malaria control. The increase from USD 200 million to 1.8 billion in the last decade, demonstrates major political and public commitment to this cause. As a result, malaria mortality rates have decreased by 25% since 2000.  As of 2010, eight African countries have successfully reduced malaria deaths by over 50% through widespread use of bed nets and increased access to medical treatment.

Since Anopheles mosquitoes bite most often at night, long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets are critical to the prevention of malaria. Insecticidal bed nets can reduce malaria deaths in children by 20% and malaria cases by 50%.

Through the continued universal distribution of bed nets, 3 million African children can be saved by 2015.

(Sources: Roll Back Malaria and World Health Organization)