UNICEF: World Malaria Day 2009 Announcement

NEW YORK, 24 April 2009 On the eve of World Malaria Day, 25 April, a new report co-sponsored by UNICEF shows that the world is on the verge of banishing malaria to the sidelines of serious global health issues.

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The widespread distribution of insecticide-treated nets is a significant factor in this advance. Their numbers have more than tripled in recent years, from 30 million distributed in 2004 to 100 million in 2008.

The report 'Malaria and Children: Progress in Intervention Coverage' was issued by UNICEF, the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman and other global public-health leaders announced its findings today at a press conference in Washington, DC.

"We are, for the first time in history, poised to make malaria a rare cause of death and disability," said Veneman. "The report shows that endemic African countries received enough nets during 2004-2008 to cover more than 40 per cent of their at-risk populations."

To read the full story, visit http://www.unicef.org/health/index_49465.html

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[gadionson1]

nice one...

[speakswahilidammit]

My father died of Malaria in Geita, Tanzania, in 1957, aged only 48. I was just five. I wrote about it in my book about my childhood in the bush, "Speak Swahili, Dammit!" Even today, the sheer waste of a good man, & the devastation this brought to his family, haunt me deeply. It's terrible people still die from malaria, and an international responsibility to eradicate this awful disease.

speakswahilidammit 1 second ago

[LOSERSreadTHIS]

GO UNICEF!

keep up the great work!

...i wish i could find the cure.. but im just a kid..