How We're Winning The War On Malaria

How Effective Are Mosquito Nets? 207 Million malaria infections per year Thousand malaria-related deaths per year 627 Billions of people of malaria infection 60 A child is estimated to die of malaria 3.4 secs 90% 1925 Of Malaria deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa Number of confirmed cases in the USA each year 2000 1000 Malaria cases in the USA are increasing at a worrying rate Malaria cases Global malaria mortality is down 420% since 2000 African malaria mortality is down 49% since 2000 How Are We Winning? Use of insecticide- impregnated mosquito nets Child deaths cut by 20% Malaria transmission cut by 50% Mosquito population drops by 90% 25 Number of mosquito nets distributed worldwide by UNESCO (in millions) 20 15 10 5. 2000 0. 2008 Image courtesy of: NationalwidePharmacies.co.uk http://www.netsforlifeafrica.org/malaria/malaria-statistics http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/malaria/en/ http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/malaria_worldwide/impact.html http://www.unicef.org/health/index_malaria.html http://data.unicef.org/child-health/malaria http://www.againstmalaria.com/faq_malaria.aspx http://www.worldhealthsciences.com/malaria.html http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/malaria/understandingmalaria/pages/facts.aspx Piktochart -I make information beautiful