UN Calls for Mobilization Against a "Relentless Killer"

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General | April 25, 2008

Means to end malaria – a preventable and treatable disease – are today’s focus for the international community on the first ever World Malaria Day. ++ Malaria kills over a million people a year, costs billions, and slows economic growth and development in regions where it is endemic. ++ Since a globalized world knows no borders, international action is needed to ensure universal coverage in Africa by 2010.