WHO Releases Malaria Report Tomorrow
January 31st, 2008 at 5:49 pm | posted by Virginia SimmonsA new report on malaria from the World Health Organization outlines some positive news. Among the key findings is that the distribution of bed nets and medications have cut malaria deaths in half in Rwanda and Ethiopia.
From a Washington Post article this afternoon:
“This is the first time we have seen these results with the new tools,” said Arata Kochi, head of malaria programs for WHO.
“This is a genuinely historic achievement,” said Richard G.A. Feachem, former director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. “This is not theoretical. We do not have to wait for a vaccine or new drugs. If we implement today’s technologies aggressively on a national scale, we will have a big impact.”
Two key items in the current “tool kit” are bed nets impregnated with insecticide that lasts three to five years and treatment with at least two drugs. One of them is artemisinin, a compound originally derived from a Chinese herbal medicine.
Read the Washington Post article here. Tomorrow we’ll be able to link to the full report.
-Virginia Simmons
February 1st, 2008 at 7:08 am
it is working - lets not stop until the job is done!!!
February 1st, 2008 at 11:55 pm
These numbers are incredible. What dramatic decreases in malaria-related deaths.
April 1st, 2008 at 12:45 pm
The report can be found at the following link:
http://www.who.int/malaria/docs/ReportGFImpactMalaria.pdf
“initial data indicates widespread free-distribution of sufficient (at least to all children
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:43 am
Hi ,
Can I have from you the number of people who are affected by malaria in Congo Kinshasa for the last five years? I mean a table in which I will see the number of children (male and female) and the number of adult (male and female) as well.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Hi
Can I have the number of people who are affected by malaria in Haiti for the last 4 years? number of children male an female and number of adult