UN CHIEF, IN BRUSSELS, URGES SCALED-UP INVESTMENT IN FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA

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From: UNNews <UNNews@un.org>
Date: 3 Apr 2014 18:00:00 -0400
Subject: UN CHIEF, IN BRUSSELS, URGES SCALED-UP INVESTMENT IN FIGHT
AGAINST MALARIA
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UN CHIEF, IN BRUSSELS, URGES SCALED-UP INVESTMENT IN FIGHT AGAINST
MALARIANew York, Apr 3 2014 6:00PMHighlighting the critical
importance of keeping investments in health high on the international
development agenda, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
encouraged African decision-makers today to fund programmes for the
eradication of malaria.

"Since the Millennium Development Goals were launched, we have seen
proof that fighting malaria is a good investment that saves lives and
speeds up economic progress,"
<"http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=7562">said Mr. Ban
earlier today at an African Union-sponsored Roll Back Malaria event in
Brussels.

The Secretary-General, who has been in Brussels much of this week
holding talks with European Union (EU) and African Union (AU)
officials on a host of pressing global issues, said in a 12-year
period, larger-scale malaria interventions saved 3.3 million lives, 90
per cent of which were children.

As the 2015 deadline for reaching the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) approaches, Mr. Ban urged countries to boost their funding for
malaria control. As of 2012, only half of the $5 billion needed to
reach everyone had been funded.

"As one [World Health Organization] official put it, this "half"
amount can be seen as a glass half full or half empty," said the UN
chief. "We would all prefer to see the glass half full. But for too
many people, the glass is half empty. This is true for parents who
have no nets to cover their children and patients who cannot get
treatment. It is also true for the displaced families who run from
conflict after so much loss - and then have to struggle against
malaria as well.

The Secretary-General went on to explain that malaria affects
primarily the most vulnerable populations such as children and
displaced persons. "Eight out of every ten [Central African] refugees
arriving in Cameroon are affected by malaria and other diseases," he
deplored, adding that "even in secure parts of Africa, where
governments are strong and societies are at peace, hundreds of
thousands of people fall ill and die from preventable diseases every
year."

Mr. Ban applauded the efforts made to "fill the glass" by the Roll
Back Malaria UN-partnering campaign. The initiative is the global
framework to implement coordinated action against malaria. It
mobilizes for action and resources and forges consensus among
partners.

"We need to ensure that Governments, bilateral and multilateral
donors, and private sector contributors increase their levels of
funding to support all needed efforts to address malaria around the
world," concluded Mr. Ban, as he called "on all partners to contribute
to health interventions now that will save costs and lives in the
future."Apr 3 2014 6:00PM
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