14 DAY TRIAL // Experts say that The World Bank published fake financial and statistical accounts and used money for useless malaria treatment.
The researchers from the University of Ottawa, Canada, said that, since 2000, the World Bank hides the amount of money spent on malaria treatments, did not spend the promised $300-500 million for malaria control in Africa, reduced the number of malaria experts from 7 to 0, after promising more, and published fake epidemiological statistics to boost its performance.
The report also suggests that the World Bank, which has no experts left, should give $1 billion to other organizations which have these experts.
According to recent reports, the World Bank claimed it reduced deaths caused by malaria in the Indian states of Gujarat by 58%, Maharashtra by 98% and Rajasthan by 79%. Amir Attaran and his colleagues, who issued this claim, doubted this information and, after being refused the data from the World Bank, they asked it from the Indian authorities.
The data showed contradictory results, meaning that malaria actually rises in those 3 states right when the World Bank says incredible reductions were made. The World Bank declared in 2000 that, by the year 2010, will halve malaria deaths. Malaria kills 1.1 million people per year, mostly African children.
The organization in question has done limited work on this malady, focusing only on epidemics. The World Bank, with an annual budget of $20 billion, said these accusations are unfounded.
Jean-Louis Sarbib, member of the organization, and his associates admitted their institution should have done more to target malaria in the past, but they reject the charges brought upon them.