Situation of Malaria in the Region of the Americas, 2000-2013

General situation in endemic countries

Following the trend since 2010, malaria continued to decline in 2013 after increasing between 2008 and 2010. On comparison with the previous year, there was a decrease of 9% in 2013, more than that of 5% in 2012. Since 2000, the Region of the Americas has decreased morbidity due to malaria by 64%. Unlike 2012, this decline was slightly lower in Plasmodium falciparum and mixed infections (59%) than in infections with P. vivax (66%) due to an increase in P. falciparum cases...