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| UN effort to end malaria deaths | UN effort to end malaria deaths |
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| United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for the elimination of malaria deaths by the end of 2010 as he marked the first World Malaria Day. | United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for the elimination of malaria deaths by the end of 2010 as he marked the first World Malaria Day. |
| The disease causes over a million deaths a year, with 90% of all cases occurring in Africa. | The disease causes over a million deaths a year, with 90% of all cases occurring in Africa. |
| Mr Ban wants all of Africa to have access to basic measures to control the disease such as bed nets and sprays. | Mr Ban wants all of Africa to have access to basic measures to control the disease such as bed nets and sprays. |
| "We have the resources and the know-how but we have less than 1,000 days before the end of 2010," he said of the goal. | "We have the resources and the know-how but we have less than 1,000 days before the end of 2010," he said of the goal. |
| More than half a billion people are infected with malaria each year. | More than half a billion people are infected with malaria each year. |
| Despite this, it is preventable and treatable. | Despite this, it is preventable and treatable. |
| See map of affected areas | See map of affected areas |
| Bed nets | Bed nets |
| In a video message, the secretary general said household sprays and bed nets treated with insecticide would be offered "to all people at risk, especially women and children in Africa". | In a video message, the secretary general said household sprays and bed nets treated with insecticide would be offered "to all people at risk, especially women and children in Africa". |
| He called for bed nets for an extra 500 million people, more malaria clinics, more training for community health workers, and encouragement of research into the disease. | He called for bed nets for an extra 500 million people, more malaria clinics, more training for community health workers, and encouragement of research into the disease. |
| Malaria still kills more than one million people every year... The toll it is taking is unacceptable - all the more so because malaria is preventable and treatable Ban Ki-moonUN Secretary-General War fever: Malaria in conflict | Malaria still kills more than one million people every year... The toll it is taking is unacceptable - all the more so because malaria is preventable and treatable Ban Ki-moonUN Secretary-General War fever: Malaria in conflict |
| Mr Ban described the 2010 deadline as a "bold but achievable vision", saying that several African countries had "made dramatic strides in malaria control". | |
| But he added: "The most affected nations remain off track to reach the goal of halting and reversing the incidence of the disease." | But he added: "The most affected nations remain off track to reach the goal of halting and reversing the incidence of the disease." |
| Previous efforts to control malaria have proved less than successful. | Previous efforts to control malaria have proved less than successful. |
| In 1998 the Roll Back Malaria initiative aimed to halve malaria deaths by 2010 - but halfway through the programme deaths had actually risen. | In 1998 the Roll Back Malaria initiative aimed to halve malaria deaths by 2010 - but halfway through the programme deaths had actually risen. |
| Reversing the trend of increase in malaria and other diseases is one of the UN's Millennium Development Goals, aimed at reducing poverty and improving the quality of life by 2015. | Reversing the trend of increase in malaria and other diseases is one of the UN's Millennium Development Goals, aimed at reducing poverty and improving the quality of life by 2015. |
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