Published in Health Risk Factor Week, June 5th, 2007
"Malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. An estimated 3 billion individuals live in areas of risk and the disease causes more than 1 million deaths annually. Even in the United States, where endemic malaria has been eradicated for decades, an average of 1,200 cases are reported annually.
"The articles in this issue of JAMA on malaria address a number of important issues, including the financial and logistic challenges of implementing new...
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