WHO urges investment drive as malaria fight stalls

With 400,000 deaths a year and recent progress in the fight against the disease having stalled, the WHO has warned much more has to be done to combat malaria

The global fight against malaria has stalled and requires massive investment as well as political leadership, the UN health agency warned in a report published Friday.

"The world is at a crossroads. Historical progress that has been achieved over the last decade is clearly slowing down," Pedro Alonso, director of the World Health Organization's malaria programme, told a news conference in Geneva.