Malaria Booster Program for Africa : Gaining Ground against a Major Challenge to Health and Development
Malaria is a treatable and preventable disease yet it remains a major challenge to achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. It is not only a serious health problem, but an issue that cripples development. Every year, malaria infects mo...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9085481/malaria-booster-program-africa-gaining-ground-against-major-challenge-health-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9535 |
| Summary: | Malaria is a treatable and preventable
disease yet it remains a major challenge to achieving the
Millennium Development Goals in Africa. It is not only a
serious health problem, but an issue that cripples
development. Every year, malaria infects more than 500
million people around the world and is one of the leading
causes of child deaths on in Africa, with 3,000 children
dying from it every day. It is estimated that malaria costs
Africa $12 billion a year in direct costs and lost
productivity. The key features of the Booster Program are
the following: (i) support for country-led operations to
reduce illnesses and avoidable deaths from malaria while
improving the capacity for service delivery; (ii) emphasis
on both effective scale-up of critical disease control
interventions and the strengthening of health systems; (iii)
partnerships to broker global agreements and support country
led programs; (iv) monitoring results against monies spent;
and v) knowledge generation and innovations to finance
global public goods for malaria control. Due in part to the
efforts of the Booster Program, countries and regions are
closing gaps in their health systems and employing
springboard for the ultimate goal of eradicating malaria. |
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