World malaria report 2015 - summary

Overview

The World malaria report 2015 summarizes progress in malaria control and elimination in a milestone year: 2015 marked the end of the era of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and was the target year for the malaria goals set by the World Health Assembly and other global institutions.

The report shows a dramatic decline in the global malaria burden since 2000. The malaria component of Target 6C of the MDGs – to have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases – was achieved convincingly. Fifty-seven countries reduced their malaria cases by 75%, in line with the World Health Assembly’s target for 2015. For the first time since WHO began keeping track, the WHO European Region reported zero indigenous cases of malaria.

This summary version provides an overview of the key points of the report.