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Nature 430, 935 (19 August 2004) | doi:10.1038/430935a; Published online 18 August 2004

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Malaria Struggling to make an impact

Apoorva Mandavilli1

Hampered by bureaucracy, politics and ineffectual policies, critics claim that the international Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership is failing, and is a long way off its goal of halving malaria deaths by 2010. Few of the 44 African countries that signed up to its main goals, including providing immediate access to treatment for 60% of patients by 2005, have followed up with increased resources.