WHO recognized three programs from the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, and Honduras as Malaria Champions of the Americas
Amazon Malaria Initiative Quarterly Bulletin • February 2015 Volume 2, Issue 1 Photo: Jorge Escobedo/Peruvian Ministry of Health (MINSA)
Global Malaria News World Malaria Report 2014 On December 9, 2014, the World Health Organization released the World Malaria Report 2014 (http://bit.ly/2014WMR). This year’s report highlighted the advances in reducing malaria morbidity and mortality globally. From the chapter on the region of the Americas, 120 million people in 21 malaria-endemic countries are estimated to be at some risk for malaria in the region, with 25 million at high risk. P. falciparum is responsible for
