The United Nations calls upon the international community to devote more efforts to resisting malaria

The United Nations calls upon the international community to devote more efforts to resisting malaria
The United Nations, April 25 (Xinhua) (reporter Wang XiangJiang) The Secretary-General of the United Nations Pan Ki-moon 25 sun is " The world prevents and cures on malaria day " Deliver a speech, call upon the international community to continue strengthening the input in resisting malaria in case of present economic crisis.
Pan Ki-moon says, the international community has already made very great progress in resisting malaria, nowadays, over 40% of the high-risk group of malaria have a mosquito net, because the death toll of malaria has already been reduced by 2/3. If keep the present good momentum, by 2015, because the death toll of malaria may approach zero.
He emphasizes, there is much work to be done in resisting malaria, the international community should redouble efforts at the same time, so as to ensure each person can use the mosquito net. He says, in present economic crisis period, various countries should guarantee the investment in the health field even more, prevent malaria from spreading again.
" whether world prevent and cure day such as malaria" this year Theme " Malaria - -One kind does not divide disease of the national boundaries " . Materials that United Nations Children's Fund announce statistics show, malaria wreaks havoc in 107 countries and regions, causing one of children's main causes of death, 800,000 children die of malaria every year in the country to the south of the Sahara. Global population's half, namely 3 billion people live in the area that may be infected with malaria.
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