Roll Back Malaria

Roll Back Malaria —a partnership between the World Health Organization, the UN Development Program, UNICEF and the World Bank. Available at http //mosquito.who.int. 

United Nations International Children s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). 2000. To the African Summit on Roll Back Malaria. New York UNICEF. Available at http //www.UNICEF.org/media/media 11948.html [Accessed April 29, 2005]. 

Roll Back Malaria Partnership. Global Malaria Action Plan. World Health Organization, 2008, Geneva, Switzerland. 

The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners initiated a project named Roll Back Malaria in 1998 (9). Its objective is a 50% reduction of the malaria burden by 2010. To reach its objective, the Roll Back Malaria project wanted to promote the development of a long-lasting insecticidal net. A long-lasting insecticidal net was important because re-treatment rates after washing are very low even in urban areas, and it is difficult to access remote areas. 

The objective of Roll Back Malaria (RBM) initiated by WHO and its partners in 1998 was a 50% reduction of malaria burden by 2010 through the following actions. 

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