How The World Can Cut Malaria Cases By 90% In The Next 15 Years

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Senegalese women treat mosquito nets with insecticides at a medical clinic in Northern Senegal. Nic Bothma/EPA

With more than 200 million cases recorded across the globe each year and half the world’s population living in areas considered high risk, malaria remains a challenge.

Malaria occurs mostly in poor, tropical and sub-tropical areas. It is transmitted by an infected mosquito. In the human body, the parasites multiply in the liver and then infect red blood cells.

In 2012, there was estimated 207 million malaria cases, resulting in 627,000 deaths. About 90% of the deaths were in sub-Saharan Africa.