Saharan Africa and in dire need of continued support to scale up for impact and achieve high levels of coverage with effective anti-malaria interventions,” the statement said. To this end, 14 OIC member states are working towards malaria elimination based on a resolution adopted by the recently held second session of the Islamic Conference of Health Ministers in Tehran, Iran from March 1 to 4, 2009 to combat communicable diseases. The statement also noted that funding for malaria has increased from $240 million in 2004 to nearly $2 billion in 2008 and that malaria elimination is becoming a reality for some African states. World Malaria Day is commemorated on April 25.
