Background

Despite much effort, malaria remains a serious public health problem in Africa. The estimated number of malaria cases worldwide in 2010 was 216 million and the vast majority (81%) was found in Africa. Africa accounts for 91 % of 655,000 malaria deaths registered in 2010 in the world [1]. In Benin, in 2007 malaria accounted for 43 % of the cases and was also the pri-mary cause of health facility admissions [2]. However, the international community is not discouraged. The “Roll Back Malaria ” initiative launched on July 23rd, 1998 by The WHO and its partners, received a favor-able response from heads of state in the North and peer endemic countries of Africa. In addition, malaria is one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) as one of the global targets for 2015 and the period 2001–2010 has been declared by the United Nations as «Decade to Roll Back Malaria in developing coun