Malaria deaths down 40% in ten years
In 2009, 781,000 people died from malaria in sub-saharan Africa. Progress is being made, however:
There has been a fall of nearly 40% in the number of deaths from malaria worldwide in the past decade, the World Health Organization says.
A new report said that one-third of the 108 countries where malaria was endemic were on course to eradicate the disease within 10 years.
Experts said if targets continued to be met, a further three million lives could be saved by 2015.
Malaria has been eradicated from three more countries since 2007.
See the full BBC report here: BBC News - Malaria deaths fall nearly 40% worldwide in last decade
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