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Colleagues,

April 25th marks World Malaria Day. Each year 300-500 million people suffer from malaria and at least one million die from this devastating, ancient disease. 90% of these deaths are among children in impoverished areas of rural Africa.

According to the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) third annual malaria report released today, the United States is focused on assisting 15 high-burden countries in Africa dramatically scale up effective malaria prevention and treatment interventions...

Rwanda, Zambia, and Zanzibar have achieved major reductions in the number of people infected with malaria. Declines at the regional and district-level have also been reported from Mozambique, Tanzania, and Uganda...

Read on: View Executive Summary of the Third Annual PMI Report: Working with Communities to Save Lives in Africa - March 2009 [PDF, 4.5MB]

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