Global action to combat malaria has reduced deaths by more than one third

Saving 1.1 million lives in sub-Saharan Africa over the past decade

Paris, London, 12 September 2011 – A new report released today by the Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM) finds that the world has made remarkable gains against malaria in the past ten years, increasing optimism that an end to the disease is in sight. According to Roll Back Malaria Partnership: A Decade of Partnership and Results, global malaria deaths have dropped by an estimated 38%, with 43 countries (11 of them in Africa) cutting malaria cases or deaths by 50% or more, reversing the trend of the previous decade and saving over a million lives.

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“The Emergency Disease is a Case for Concern in African Countries”
 

VOL:1 ISSN:25 For the benefit of our readers, we are serialising the various presentations that were delivered by different presenters at the recently concluded one-day orientation of media personnel on Malaria Control and Prevention, organised by the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), at the NMCP/CIAM Conference Hall in Kanifing.

In this edition, I bring you a presentation on Malaria in Pregnancy, by the Programme Officer for Malaria in Pregnancy, Mrs. Olimatou Colley.