WHO Press Conference
Press Conference Announcement
Embargoed press briefing: WHO and UNICEF report “ Achieving the Malaria MDG Target: Reversing the Incidence of Malaria 2000-2015”.
All information in this report is strictly embargoed until 17 September 2015, 01:01 CEST (Geneva), 00:01 BST (London)
A new report from WHO and UNICEF shows that the rate of new malaria cases has dropped by 37 per cent over the past 15 years and malaria mortality has fallen by 60 per cent, achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reversing the incidence of the disease by 2015. The findings will be revealed on 17 September at an event at the UK House of Commons by WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan and Secretary of State, Justine Greening.
On the same day, the journal Nature publishes new findings from the Malaria Atlas Project – a WHO Collaborating Centre based at the University of Oxford— quantifying the effectiveness of malaria control efforts such as insecticide treated nets across Africa.
Dr. Pedro Alonso, Director of WHO's Global Malaria Programme Dr. Mark Young, Senior Health Specialist, UNICEF
A new report from WHO and UNICEF shows that the rate of new malaria cases has dropped by 37 per cent over the past 15 years and malaria mortality has fallen by 60 per cent, achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reversing the incidence of the disease by 2015. The findings will be revealed on 17 September at an event at the UK House of Commons by WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan and Secretary of State, Justine Greening.
On the same day, the journal Nature publishes new findings from the Malaria Atlas Project – a WHO Collaborating Centre based at the University of Oxford— quantifying the effectiveness of malaria control efforts such as insecticide treated nets across Africa.
Dr. Pedro Alonso, Director of WHO's Global Malaria Programme Dr. Mark Young, Senior Health Specialist, UNICEF
