这一发现与穆雷（Chris Murray）关于疟疾死亡率的重要研究是是一致的，穆雷发现，2004年以后，非洲撒哈拉以南地区的疟疾致死率出现了显著而快速的下降，其原因在于外部援助所支持的疟疾控制措施。
These findings are consistent with an important study of malaria death rates by Chris Murray and others, which similarly found a significant and rapid decline in malaria-caused deaths after 2004 in sub-Saharan Africa resulting from aid-supported malaria-control measures.