This edition of the World Malaria Report summarizes thecurrent status of malaria control worldwide. It reviews progresstowards internationally agreed goals and targets anddescribes trends in funding intervention coverage andmalaria cases and deaths. In 2013 there are 97 countries and territories with ongoingmalaria transmission and 6 countries in the prevention of reintroductionphase making a total of 103 countries and territoriesin which malaria is presently considered endemic. Globally an estimated 3.4 billion people are at risk of malaria. WHO estimatesthat 207 million cases of malaria occu