New report shows investment in malaria prevention paying off

A new report confirms that the current global investment in malaria control is saving lives and that further increases in funding will contribute significantly to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for health. Saving Lives with Malaria Control: Counting Down to the Millennium Development Goals  – authored by Tulane University, Johns Hopkins University, WHO and PATH and published today by the Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM)– reveals that the lives of almost three quarters of a million children in 34 African countries are estimated to have been saved in the past 10 years, through the use of insecticide treated mosquito nets, indoor residual spraying, and preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy

Read the full press release on the Roll Back Malaria website.