10 facts about malaria and the drive for eradication by 2040

Efforts to end malaria, which killed an estimated 438,000 people in 2015, are under threat as mosquitoes become increasingly resistant to drugs and insecticides. To outpace rising resistance, the scientific community in the U.S. city of Seattle is developing innovations from data modelling and genetic modification to single-dose drugs and sugar traps. Here are ten facts about the deadly disease: * Some 3.2 billion people - almost half the world's population - are at risk of malaria.