Statement of B. F. (Lee) Hall, M.D., Ph.D., and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., on Africa Malaria Day and Malaria Awareness Day, April 25, 2007 – April 23, 2007


April 25, 2007, marks the seventh commemoration of Africa Malaria Day, a day chosen in 2000 by African governments to reaffirm their commitment, embodied in the Abuja Declaration (http://www.rbm.who.int/docs/abuja_declaration_final.htm), to halve the burden of malaria in Africa by 2010. Africa Malaria Day has served to remind the global community of the enormous burden exacted by this ancient scourge on the most impoverished and vulnerable populations in the world. This year, the United States government formally marks its solidarity with the global community by designating today “Malaria Awareness Day.”

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