There were an estimated 247 million malaria cases among 3.3 billion people at risk in 2006, causing nearly a million deaths, mostly of children under 5 years. 109 countries were endemic for malaria in 2008, 45 within the WHO African region.
Household surveys and data from national malaria control programmes (NMCPs) show that the coverage of all interventions in 2006 was far lower in most African countries than the 80% target set by the World Health Assembly.... While the link between interventions and their impact is not always clear, at least 7 of 45 African countries/areas with relatively small populations, good surveillance and high intervention coverage reduced malaria cases and deaths by 50% or more between 2000 and 2006 or 2007.
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