Africa

As we find ourselves firmly in midsummer, today marks 170 days until the end of 2010—the goal that the United Nations Secretary-General set, with the entire malaria community behind him, for providing universal access to mosquito nets for every family at risk of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
With that deadline looming, we thought that now would be a good time to take stock of an exciting first half of 2010 for the fight against malaria, marked by incredible progress and leadership:

Crowds, including a healthy contingent of local and national Senegalese press, packed Pikine stadium and the rooftops of surrounding buildings to witness the first United Against Malaria /

For those of you not lucky enough to be in Dakar for the Xeex Sibbiru Song Contest, we wanted to share some details.

Please see these compelling submissions from around the globe for our “World Briefing: Telling the Malaria Story” contest.