World Malaria Day website
CANADA
Globe and Mail April 25, 2011
It was a bold pronouncement Monday on World Malaria Day, given that 780,000 people died from the disease in 2009, but the United Nations is convinced the target can be met, and breakthroughs in genetic research – one of the most important of which came from Canadian scientists – are offering fresh cause for the optimism.
Vancouver Sun Op Ed April 25, 2011
Senator Mobina S.B. Jaffer: It has long been known that the burden of malaria on the developing world is crushing. An entirely preventable disease affects 350-500 million people each year, kills upwards of one million and claims the life of an African child every 30 seconds. This is simply unacceptable.
INTERNATIONAL
UN News Service 21 April 2011
The world must dramatically step up its existing efforts to conquer malaria if it is to reach the goal of near zero deaths from the disease – which, despite being preventable and curable, currently kills almost 800,000 people every year – by 2015, the United Nations warns today.
Related: UN World Malaria Day page
UN News Service 25 April 2011
Efforts to combat malaria in Africa are bearing fruit with 11 countries where the disease is endemic reporting a 50 per cent decline in mortality as a result of a global initiative to combat the disease, United Nations envoy Ray Chambers said today, calling for sustained efforts to eradicate deaths from the illness.
The Guardian (Data Blog) April 25, 2011
On World Malaria Day we take a look at the global figures and talk to the World Health Organisation about the importance of good quality data
The World Bank (Media Release) April 24, 2011
Over the past decade, 11 African countries have reduced confirmed malaria cases or malaria admissions and deaths by more than 50%. In all of them these decreases are linked with intense malaria control interventions.
Sci Dev.net 21 April 2011
A major stumbling block to using GM mosquitoes engineered to stop transmission of malaria may have been solved with a new genetic technique to ensure that they survive and propagate in natural environments.
Huffington Post Op Ed April 23, 2011
By Jeffrey L. Sturchio President CEO Global Health Council
Related: Global Health Council's newly released Position Paper on Malaria
