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M A L A R I A
500,000,000 victims per year
Children 3,000 deaths per day
Lost GDP $12 billion per year
 

1st WORLD MALARIA DAY. After many years of campaigning, 25th April 2008 celebrated the first World Malaria Day to bring international attention to the most life threatening disease on Earth where 500,000,000 people are infected each year from the malaria parasite. Malaria is still the biggest killer of children under five years of age and up to 70% of hospital admissions are due to malaria. Drive Against Malaria is working in Cameroon to donate 510,000 long lasting mosquito nets in Cameroon's largest LLITN's program. These nets are given free of charge to pregnant women and families with children under five years of age in the North West and Central Provence of Cameroon.. Thanks to Global Fund, NMCP, Ministry of Health, Land Rover NL, Malaria No More, ExxonMobil, Tropicare and all other donors. A talk about DAM + WMD-08 with video and slide show will be given at the Royal Geographical Society London on 5th June.

April 21st During the run-up to the first World Malaria Day the first 1,100 were given to an orphanage in Douala and villages close to Limbe western Cameroon. All the 5 year long lasting mosquito nets were given free of charge. with a full training workshop at village level. Anti malaria treatment for young children was given to health centers in the same area.

16th November - FULL CIRCLE Drive Against Malaria arrive Cameroon. See news

Drive Against Malaria help distribute over 500.000 mosquito nets
The Drive Against Malaria travels into the most remote communities of Africa to hand out long lasting mosquito nets to families with young children, orphanages and health centers as a protection against malaria.   Pregnant women, babies and young children are at the highest risk of complications from malaria which often leads to permanent brain damage or death. Malaria is preventable and curable, yet at endemic levels in some of Africa's poorest countries.

 

  

Present Location - Cameroon

Km's traveled by road 156,675

Countries of campaign 62

DAM unites with massive scale projects. In September 2007 DAM united with the Peace Day events for 21st September. Holding hands with Unicef, USAID, DFID,PSI, Japanese Government and other partners gave out 670,000 during the largest scale vaccination program/mosquito net delivery in South Kivu,  Eastern DR Congo (please see malaria day )

Drive Against Malaria's mission is efficient and highly effective in hundreds of small villages across Africa, as demonstrations and education are given by David Robertson and Julia Samuel before communities, schools and health centers. Mosquito nets are hung in each hut with personal explanation and attention. Since 1998 Drive Against Malaria has activated malaria awareness by driving through 62 countries to bring urgent attention to the biggest killer of children and protect the most vulnerable by providing long lasting mosquito nets to Africa’s poorest children.  DAM is presently working in Cameroon with MOH + unicef to prepare for World Malaria Day 08

 
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