Intensive global efforts to tackle malaria has prevented nearly 700 million cases of the deadly disease in Africa since 2000, a new study shows. A combination of bed nets, new treatments and insecticides distributed by a variety of health organizations and charities like Unicef has dropped malaria death rates an astonishing 60% since the turn of the century. The report also said that 13 countries that had malaria in 2000 no longer have any cases in 2014 while a further six countries had fewer than ten cases. Global malaria control is one of the great public health success stories of the past 15 years.
This article was originally published on September 18, 2015
