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This edition of the World Malaria Report summarises the current status of malaria control worldwide. It reviews progress towards internationally agreed goals and targets, and describes trends in funding, intervention coverage and malaria cases and deaths. In 2013, there are 97 countries and territories with ongoing malaria transmission, and 6 countries in the prevention of reintroduction phase, making a total of 103 countries and territories in which malaria is presently considered endemic. Globally, an estimated 3.4 billion people are at risk of malaria. WHO estimates that 207 million cases of malaria occurred globally in 2012 (uncertainty range 135-287 million) and 627,000 deaths (uncertainty range 473,000-789,000). Most cases (80%) and deaths (90%) occurred in Africa, and most deaths (77%) were in children under 5 years of age. The World Malaria Report presents a critical analysis and interpretation of data provided by national malaria control programmes (NMCPs) in endemic countries. Standard reporting forms were sent in April 2013 to the 97 countries with ongoing malaria transmission, and to 5 of the countries that recently entered the prevention of reintroduction phase. Information was requested on (i) populations at risk; (ii) vector species; (iii) number of cases, admissions and deaths for each parasite species; (iv) completeness of outpatient reporting; (v) policy implementation; (vi) commodities distributed and interventions undertaken; (vii) results of household surveys; and (viii) malaria financing.

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World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries, and monitoring and assessing health trends.

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