Anti-Malaria Efforts Yield New Success

Anti-malaria efforts yield new success
Research finds unprecedented drop in deaths in two hard-hit countries

Widespread use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and state-of-the-art drugs has succeeded in cutting malaria deaths in half in two countries most heavily affected by the disease, the World Health Organization is reporting today.

The findings from Rwanda and Ethiopia are the first to show a greater than 50 percent reduction in malaria mortality nationwide in "high burden" countries.

This is so encouraging for those working on this problem in our world. Malaria is a preventable disease that millions die from and the efforts to educate people on the disease and how to prevent it and the efforts to distribute the much needed mosquito nets and malaria medicines and starting to pay off; all of the hard work put into these social injustices is beginning to show. That has to bring joy to people's faces who have dedicated their lives for this cause.

Keep it up I say, and tell your friends about what needs to be done and what they can do from where they are to help in this crisis.