Arne Hoel, USA
Kano, Nigeria, 2008
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World Malaria Day 2009 marks a critical milestone. With less than two years left to reach the target of universal coverage with existing malaria interventions, we as a global community must accelerate action now. Several countries are proving what is possible. Harmonizing efforts across partners and countries, we can do this!

Arne Hoel, USA
Juba, Southern Sudan, 2006
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Malaria is preventable and treatable, yet nearly one million people die from it every year. 90% of these deaths happen in Africa. Every day, close to 3,000 children die from malaria. They don’t have to. We can do something about it.

Arne Hoel, USA
Accra, Ghana, 2006
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Countries are working to massively scale up the use of long-lasting insecticidal nets, effective drugs, indoor residual spraying, accurate diagnosis, and other malaria control measures to end deaths from malaria.

Anna Wang, USA
Kenya, 2008
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This widowed mother of four is a subsistence farmer living on the edge of Lake Victoria. She set off for the clinic just after dawn with her feverish 2-year old, leaving her four-year old alone at home. The baby was diagnosed with malaria, her third episode this year. She was also given an HIV test since her father died of AIDS and her mother is HIV-positive. Part of scaling up for impact (SUFI) means bringing malaria prevention and treatment into all affected communities.

Julian Chraibi, France
Lao PDR, 2008
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Malaria remains a serious health problem in Southeast Asia, particularly in border regions. This baby in Lao People’s Democratic Republic is well-protected.

Arne Hoel, USA
Dakar, Senegal, 2007
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The economic case for solving malaria has never been stronger. With Africa’s growth slowing, reducing the 1.3% growth penalty imposed by malaria can help keep the continent from falling even further into poverty.

Yosef Hadar, World Bank
Brazil, 1984
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In Latin America and the Caribbean, 37% of the population (308 million people) in 21 countries lives in areas with malaria. Countries in this region are concerned that global warming will increase the mosquito population and thereby increase mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.

Arne Hoel, USA
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2006
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Keeping Africa’s children healthy is an investment in Africa’s future. Mass campaigns get information and millions of insecticidal nets to millions of families quickly.

Ron Haviv/VII, USA
Zambezi Expedition, 2008
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Zambians come to get tested for malaria, learn about disease, and receive mosquito nets near the source of the Zambezi River as part of Roll Back Malaria’s Zambezi Expedition in April 2008. Because of strong partnership in Zambia, malaria is no longer the first cause of death in the country.

Courtney Dudley, USA
India, 2008
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Where appropriate, World Bank financing supports the spraying of interior walls of homes with insecticide—indoor residual spraying, or IRS. Mosquitoes rest on nearby walls after feeding. When they do this in homes treated with IRS, most will die before they can further transmit the disease.

Courtney Dudley, USA
India, 2008
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Early treatment with effective drugs such as ACTs (artemisinin-based combination therapies) is a critical part of the solution and will prevent the progression to severe disease, which may require hospitalization and the use of higher-risk interventions such as intravenous quinine, and blood transfusions, to save the patient.

Bonnie Gillespie, USA
Ethiopia, 2008
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As malaria control gains strength, accurate diagnosis through microscopy and widespread use of rapid diagnostic tests becomes even more important.

Arne Hoel, USA
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2006
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If by the end of 2010, malaria-endemic countries and their partners can get at least 2 insecticidal nets into every household at risk of malaria, 500,000 lives can be saved annually. A 2007 campaign in Benin reached nearly every household.

Arne Hoel, USA
Jinja, Uganda, 2003
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Pregnant women and children under five years old are the most vulnerable. Malaria is a major contributor to maternal mortality.