Table 1 Malaria targets in the Millennium Development Goals and of the World Health Assembly and Roll Back Malaria Partnership

MDG 6 − Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases [1]:

• Target 6c: By 2015, have halted and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

• Indicator 6.6: Incidence and death rates associated with malaria

• Indicator 6.7: Proportion of children under-five sleeping under an insecticide-treated bed net

MDG 4 − Reduce child mortality [1]:

• Target 4a: Reduce by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015, the under-five mortality rate.

World Health Assembly [43]:

• Reduce malaria cases by 75% from 2000 to 2015

• Reduce malaria-related deaths by 75% from 2000 to 2015.

Roll Back Malaria Partnership, June 2011 [2, 3]:

• Objective 1: Near-zero malaria deaths by 2015.

• Objective 2: Reduce malaria cases by 75%, from 2000 to 2015.

• Objective 3: Eliminate malaria by 2015 in 10 new countries and in the WHO European Region.

• Target 2.2 Sustain universal access to and utilization of prevention measures: By 2015 and beyond, all countries sustain universal access to and utilization of an appropriate package of preventive interventions.

• Indicator: Proportion of households with at least one ITN.