More than 20 million Western travelers risk malaria every year. The World Health Organization predicts an extra 80 million cases of malaria each year by the end of the century, or a 16 percent increase in three years. Climatic conditions and increased immigration mean malaria could spread to Florida within 10 years. There have been reported cases in New Jersey, California, Georgia, Michigan, New York and Texas. Three decades ago malaria had been eradicated or dramatically reduced in 37 countries but the situation has been rapidly reversing itself.
Today there are few effective antimalarial drugs.
Most tropical countries rely on chloroquine, which is increasingly ineffective, primarily due to the low cost and limited alternatives. The main malaria parasite species are sufficiently different from each other that a vaccine based on one will probably not prevent malaria by another. Last year two large mission organizations among the Churches of Christ and Christian Churches moved to new offices in new cities. FILM More than 1 billion people in 219 countries had seen the Jesus film by July 1997. It is currently in use by 680 mission agencies and denominations, The Jesus Film is available in 410 languages, with another 220 in preparation.