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WHO: Deaths from malaria decline

The number of people dying from malaria has dropped significantly over the past decade thanks to concentrated prevention and treatment efforts, according to the World Health Organization's World Malaria Report. "It is remarkable progress. When I began working in the malaria field in Africa, we were fighting a losing battle. Now all that has changed, and the risk of dying from malaria has fallen by a third in a decade," said Dr. Richard Cibulskis, the report's chief author. Still, WHO warns that insufficient funding may limit progress. Funding hit $2 billion in 2011, the highest level ever but still short of the $5 billion to $6 billion needed annually to achieve WHO's target of zero malaria deaths by 2015. BBC (12/13), AlertNet/Reuters (12/13)