Hopes and fears for malaria

Roll Back Malaria (RBM) was established by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank in 1998 with the goal of halving global malaria infections by 2010. Dr Awa Marie Coll-Seck talks about her h...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2008-02, Vol.86 (2), p.91-92
Main Author: Fleck, Fiona
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antimalarials - therapeutic use
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Care and treatment
Celebrities
Coll-Seck, Awa Marie
Control
Developing countries
Diplomatic & consular services
Disease prevention
Drugs
Global Health
Health aspects
Health care industry
Health Promotion
Humans
Infectious diseases
Insecticides
Interviews
LDCs
Malaria
Malaria - drug therapy
Malaria - epidemiology
Malaria - prevention & control
Mortality
Officials and employees
Pediatrics
Physicians
Program Development
R&D
Research & development
Social Marketing
Tuberculosis
United Nations
World Health Organization
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Summary:Roll Back Malaria (RBM) was established by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank in 1998 with the goal of halving global malaria infections by 2010. Dr Awa Marie Coll-Seck talks about her hopes for a new facility to provide the most effective antimalarials to developing countries at subsidized prices.
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/blt.08.040208