The persistence of malaria in much of the developing world remains a public health problem of staggering proportions. Most people may be familiar with the problem of malaria throughout much of Africa, but over the past decade, incidences of the disease increased in Southeast Asia and a number of Central Asian countries. Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO), with assistance from several other international humanitarian organizations, released the World Malaria Report 2005. This site provides access to the complete text of the report, along with a number of other helpful features. These features include brief executive summaries of the report's findings (in English, French, and Spanish), profiles of the state of malaria in each country, and copious amounts of data. Users can access this information by clicking on an interactive map or by selecting any given country of interest from a drop-down menu on the homepage. Finally, visitors may also wish to take a look at the "Users' Guide" area which offers some brief information on the acronyms used throughout the documents on the site.
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