On World Malaria Day in 2009, just over 600 days remain until 31 December 2010, UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon’s deadline for all endemic countries to achieve universal coverage with essential malaria control interventions. 1 Data presented here highlight major signs of progress across Africa toward this goal. The World Health Organization (WHO) has esti- mated that between 190 and 330 million malaria episodes occurred in 2006, resulting in nearly 1 million deaths. About 90 per cent of all malaria deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa, most among children under age ive (igure 1). 2 Some 50 million pregnant women are exposed to malaria each year, with.
