Two measures to eliminate malaria in 2015

In the message of World Anti-Malaria Day (April 25), UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the world to double out efforts to achieve the goal of eliminating malaria in the year. 2015.

These two measures are to expand the low-cost and high-effective interventions for malaria prevention and treatment, and to promptly test all suspected cases of disease and treatment. extreme for those who are confirmed to have the disease.

Ban Ki-moon warned of the threat of the most effective anti-malaria drugs today as a serious challenge to global efforts to overcome.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed to change the treatment of malaria due to the most dangerous type of malaria P. falciparum in children, thereby prioritizing the transfer of artesunate into the veins instead. for the use of quinine medicine because of the hard-to-manage signature and can cause many dangerous side effects.

The theme of this year's World Anti-Malaria Day is " Promoting progress and impact to renew the efforts of the international community to achieve the goal that no one will die from malaria by 2015 " .

This is an opportunity for the medical community and the world development community to expand access to effective and safe combination therapies for anti-malaria worldwide.

Scientists call on countries to strengthen protection of plants that can be used to make antimalarial drugs .

Among more than 1,000 species of plants in Africa that have been identified as capable of preventing or treating malaria symptoms, scientists have studied and evaluated the medicinal properties of 22 types of plants that can be used to produce medicinal herbs. Effective treatment of malaria.

According to WHO data, about 50% of the world's population is at risk of malaria, especially in developing countries. Malaria currently affects more than 3 billion people globally.

More than 500 million people are infected with malaria and about 1 million people die from the disease each year. Malaria has become a particularly heavy economic burden for countries in sub-Saharan Africa.