WHO / WORLD MALARIA REPORT LAUNCH

The latest UN report on malaria says that mortality rates have fallen by more than 25 percent globally since 2000 and by 33 percent in the WHO African Region due to a significant scaling-up of malaria prevention and control measures in the last decade, including the widespread use of bed nets, better diagnostics and a wider availability of effective medicines. WHO

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:02
• Production Date: 13 December 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; DISEASE PREVENTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES
• Geographic Subject: AFRICA
• MAMS Id: U111213b

Description

STORY: WHO / WORLD MALARIA REPORT LAUNCH
TRT: 1.02
SOURCE: WHO / UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 13 DECEMBER 2011, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Shotlist

FILE – UNICEF - 24 SEPTEMBER 2011, SOMALIA

1. Various shots, malaria sprayer spraying the room

13 DECEMBER 2011, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr Robert Newman, Director Global Malaria Programme, WHO:
"The World Malaria Report 2011 shows continued progress in the fight
against malaria. Increased financing over the past decade has allowed
for scale-up of life saving interventions which include insecticide
treated mosquito nets, indoor residual spraying with insecticides,
diagnostic testing, and effective treatment. This package of
interventions has resulted in a 33% decline in malaria mortality rates
in Africa.”

FILE – UNICEF - SEPTEMBER 2010, LEOGANE, HAITI

3. Various shots, people receiving mosquito nets

Storyline

Malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25 percent globally since 2000, and by 33 percent in the WHO African Region, according to the World Malaria Report 2011, issued today (13 Dec) by the World Health Organization.

This progress is the result of a significant scaling-up of malaria prevention and control measures in the last decade, including the widespread use of bed nets, better diagnostics and a wider availability of effective medicines to treat malaria.

However, WHO warns that a projected shortfall in funding threatens the fragile gains and that the double challenge of emerging drug and insecticide resistance needs to be proactively addressed.

Dr Robert Newman, WHO Director of the Global Malaria Program said that The World Malaria Report 2011 showed continued progress in the fight against malaria.

He noted that increased financing over the past decade had allowed for scale-up of life saving interventions which include insecticide treated mosquito nets, indoor residual spraying with insecticides, diagnostic testing, and effective treatment.

During the past decade, malaria incidence and mortality rates have been cut in all regions of the world, according to the World Malaria Report 2011.

International funds for malaria control reached 1.7 billion dollars in 2010 and 2 billion dollars in 2011, but remained significantly below the 5-6 billion dollars that would be needed annually to achieve global malaria targets. According to projections in the report, despite increased support from the United Kingdom, malaria funding will slightly decrease in 2012 and 2013, and will likely drop further to an annual 1.5 billion dollars by 2015.