Malaria prevents adults from working and children from attending school. Each year families spend several months earnings on malaria treatment and prevention. Malaria can turn a pregnancy into a nightmare. Infected mothers may die and babies are often born too small to survive.
Malaria is preventable, treatable and curable.
Governments, health services and all development partners must make sure that low-cost mosquito nets, potent and inexpensive medicines, and timely and accurate information about malaria, are available in every neighbourhood and village.