UNICEF Malaria

Can you provide me the Report produced by the Statistics and Monitoring Section, Division of Policy and Strategy in collaboration with Health Section, Programme Division at UNICEF New York, produced in commemoration of World Malaria Day 2013?

[Shaleen]

The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is a United Nations program headquartered in New York City that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. It is one of the members of the United Nations Development Group and its Executive Committee.

Malaria Progress and Challenges

A decade of progress due to increased global investment and action on malaria control substantial progress has been made since 2000:

Over 1.1 million lives have been saved worldwide.
In Africa, one-third decline in malaria mortality rates
Globally, 26% reduction of malaria mortality
50 countries are on track to reduce malaria incidence rates by 75% by 2015.

However, malaria still kills a child every minute. Malaria is a leading killer of children under five. In 2010, there were 219 million malaria cases leading to approximately 660,000 malaria deaths, mostly among African children.

An estimated 90% of all malaria deaths occur in Africa of which the majority is children under five (91%). About 80% of malaria cases occur in 17 countries. Globally, 80% of malaria deaths occur in just 14 African countries. Together, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria account for over 40% of the estimated total of malaria deaths globally