UNICEF Partnering with Japan to fight malaria in Côte d'Ivoire

ABOBO, Côte d'Ivoire, 18 August 2008 - Malaria is very common in Côte d'Ivoire, and especially so in the area of Abobo. Only 6 per cent of children in the country sleep under an insecticide-treated mosquito net.

For several years, UNICEF and the Government of Japan have been working to reduce the hold that infectious diseases have on the children and families of Côte d'Ivoire. Japan will support health interventions -- such as providing insecticide-treated bednets to pregnant women and children -- to save the lives of 400,000 children here over the next five years.

In May of this year, UNICEF globally launched 'The State of Africa's Children 2008: Child Survival' in Yokohama City, Japan, on the occasion of the Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development. At the launch event, Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Itsunori Onodera noted Japan's commitment to this cause. "The international community must support the efforts for child survival," he said.

To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/cotedivoire_45243.html

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[widiwati]

Yep. Such simple things can help so many. And we bitch over little things like waiting in line to buy food. HA we are so soft now.