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End Malaria Deaths by 2010: UN

Providing Africa with nets, spray could save 1M lives a year

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 25, 2008 12:43 PM CDT

(Newser) – The world must take action now to end malaria deaths—currently at 1 million per year—by 2010, UN chief Ban Ki Moon said today. "We have the resources and the know-how, but we have less than 1,000 days" to meet the goal,...   Read full story »

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