It stops adults from earning a living and children from going to school. Each year families spend the equivalent of several months' earnings on malaria treatment and prevention. Malaria claims 3,000 lives each day and is responsible for one out of every four childhood deaths in Africa.
Malaria is preventable, treatable, and curable.
Summit delegates also included academics, heads of state, and leaders from international and bilateral development agencies. Delegates called for increased commitment from governments, health services, and development partners to ensure the availability of low-cost mosquito nets, genuine and inexpensive medicines, and information about the disease to every African neighborhood and village. The cost of prevention and treatment consumes scarce household resources. The campaign's initial focus is on Africa, but concerted efforts are being made to support malaria control in Asia, Latin America, and other affected regions. W.H.O. has established a five-year RBM Cabinet Project to serve the Global Partnership in strategy development and as secretariat.