World Malaria Day Print
Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria causes more than 1 million deaths and approximately 500 million cases a year. The disease primarily affects children under five and pregnant women in Africa, and vulnerable groups such as ethnic minorities, the poor and mobile populations in Asia. Malaria affects 40 percent of the world's population - putting 3.2 billion people at risk in 107 countries."


25 April was a day of unified commemoration of the global effort to provide effective control of malaria around the world. This year's World Malaria Day marks a critical moment in time. The international malaria community has merely two years to meet the 2010 targets of delivering effective and affordable protection and treatment to all people at risk of malaria, as called for by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon.

World Malaria Day represents a chance for all of us to make a difference. Reducing the impact of malaria would significantly propel efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. These include not only the goal of combating the disease itself, but also goals related to women's and children's health, access to education and the reduction of extreme poverty.

European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development (EPF) Malaria Taskforce members are mobilised for Counting Malaria Out!

 
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