{{United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has lauded success achieved by the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) in saving thousands of lives across the continent saying ALMA has offered a good model for tackling social ills.}}<\/p>\n
Ban Ki-Moon made the remarks while addressing guests at ALMA event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the secondary event of the summit meeting of the African Union.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe African Leaders Malaria Alliance is breaking down barriers, forging partnerships and getting supplies to families in record time,\u201d Ki-Moon said in his remarks.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is remarkable progress. We need to encourage it and use the response to malaria as a model for battling other illnesses and social ills,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Malaria kills almost one million Africans every year and affects over 200 million more, mostly pregnant women and children under five years of age, resulting in at least $12 billion of costs every year through lost development and opportunity.<\/p>\n
Launched in September 2009 in New York, ALMA is a high-level forum set up to oversee the efficient procurement, distribution, and utilization of malaria control measures, with the aim of ending unnecessary deaths from the disease by 2015.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis alliance against malaria is stopping the disease and saving thousands of lives.It is a great success story. You are bringing us closer to our Millennium Development Goal on malaria and showing how we can reach all the MDGs: with commitment at the highest level,\u201d Ki-Moon added referring to the goal of halting and reversing the incidence of malaria by 2015.<\/p>\n
Just last month, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) announced that malaria deaths declined by 10 per cent between 2008 and 2009.<\/p>\n
In 11 African countries, the disease\u2019s deadly toll has been cut by more than half since the year 2000. <\/p>\n
\u201cJust as malaria is carried by a mosquito that goes from person to person, so does our campaign seeks to reach people just as directly,\u201d said the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to give every community health worker, every family, every child the tools and protection they need.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve delivered over 290 million nets to Africa since 2008. More nets and treatments are on their way. Universal coverage is not just a hope; it is within our reach.\u201d<\/p>\n
They are leaders of nations that have banned the importation and use of oral artemisinin-based monotherapies, which cause drug resistance that weakens the effectiveness of recommended malaria treatments, and that have removed tariffs on essential commodities used in the fight against malaria.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll ALMA countries, by joining the Alliance, have demonstrated their commitment against malaria, and many have made important progress. The four recipients of the 2011 ALMA Award for Excellence have led the way with decisive actions to accelerate the saving of lives, and I commend their response,\u201d said Ray Chambers, the Secretary-General\u2019s Special Envoy for Malaria. <\/p>\n
\u201cAfrica has never led a more unequivocal initiative against malaria, with the Secretary-General\u2019s deadline of ending malaria deaths by 2015 just five years away.<\/p>\n
Now is the time to overcome any barriers toward making that goal a reality,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
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