First Global Malaria Map In Decades Shows Reduced Risk

Courtesy ScienceDaily Wed, 02/27/2008 - 19:00

About 35 percent of the world's population is at risk of contracting deadly malaria, but many people are at a lower risk than previously thought, raising hope that the disease could be seriously reduced or eliminated in parts of the world.

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