National and international health authorities and many nongovernmental agencies (NGOs) have spent and plan to spend considerable funds and efforts to reduce malarial disease.
Consider the reported malaria cases document
a. The populations for countries are listed in the document as “U.N. Population”. Why do you think this is used? (3 points)

b. A column is listed for Malaria case definition. The value in the cells vary. Why might this difference impact our interpretation of the data in the chart? (10 points)

c. Consider the countries listed in the Western Pacific region. Please present a possible explanation for why some countries’ “suspected malaria cases” and “presumed and confirmed malaria cases” are different values and why in other case or cases they are the same? (10 points)