Battle against disease not won, says MNM boss
He linked the success story so far to increased political will, funding, innovation and the collective efforts of a global malaria partnership
A volunteer at Burkina Faso's National Centre for Malaria Research and Training, puts "Faso Soap" on part of their hand to test its effectiveness
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The organisation’s Chief Executive Officer, Martin Edlund, in a statement issued in Abuja, said that more still had to be done to end malaria.
Edlund said that despite the historic progress, malaria remained a daily threat, with half the world’s population still at risk.
“In 2015, there were 429,000 malaria deaths and 212 million malaria cases; a child still dies from malaria every two minutes.
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“In Sub-Saharan Africa, which, in 2015, contributed 90 per cent of malaria cases and 92 per cent of malaria deaths, the disease is the leading cause of missed days of school and worker absenteeism.
“The malaria fight is a great example of U.S. leadership across parties and we must continue until the job is done and people around the world are safe from this preventable and treatable disease,” he said.
According to Edlund, today, nearly seven million lives have been saved from malaria, more than one billion cases averted and 17 additional countries have eliminated malaria since 2000.
He linked the success story so far to increased political will, funding, innovation and the collective efforts of a global malaria partnership.
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