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Africa Malaria Day is now World Malaria Day!
First World Malaria Day
April 25th, 2008!!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
the UN Foundation’s Nothing But Nets campaign, MTV and Malaria No More : New York City
A reception featuring sports columnist Rick Reilly, MTV Friends, and other surprise guests to celebrate the progress we’ve made to combat malaria and bring greater attention to this pandemic.
Help us spread the buzz that
Malaria kills and nets save lives. donate a net www.nothingbutnets.net today!
World Bank Africa Malaria Day, Washington DC
Singer Youssou N'Dour will give a 30-minute malaria advocacy concert in the premises of the World Bank in Washington DC. The event will bring together global partners, including the African Diplomatic Corps, representatives from NGOs and the civil society, and World Bank employees from Washington DC and Africa country offices.
A new interactive game showcasing how insecticide-treated bed nets get delivered in Africa to prevent malaria
Description: Urging millions around the world to "play the game" and "deliver nets," the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets campaign launched a new interactive game showcasing how insecticide-treated bed nets get delivered in Africa to prevent malaria. Throughout April, partners of the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Nets will donate $10 to Nothing But Nets for each person who signs up to play "Deliver the Net," a new online game that teaches users about bed net distribution and challenges individuals to deliver as many virtual nets as possible before the sun goes down and malaria-carrying mosquitoes come out to bite.
Go to http://www.nothingbutnets.net/its-easy-to-help/wmd
See events at http://www.mobilising4malaria.org/pages/en/events.html
APRIL 25, 2007
We are back again to raise awareness for Africa Malaria Day!
Please join us at Zellerbach Auditorium in Berkeley, California to experience the Golden Voice of Africa, Salif Keita, as he gives a once in a lifetime performance and raises awareness for this treatable and preventable disease that kills over 1 million people per year.
Please visit www.nothingbutnets.org to see how you can participate in the fight against Malaria!
"Every Day is Africa Malaria Day", Coumba Makalou
APRIL 25, 2006
THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND SUPPORT ON
AFRICA MALARIA DAY APRIL 25th 2006
@BOHEMIAN CAVERNS!
"EVERY DAY IS AFRICA MALARIA DAY"
PICTURES ON HOW AND WHERE YOUR MOSQUITO NETS WHERE DISTRIBUTED
Thanks to All the people who came to support COUMBA Foundation's Musicians for Africa Malaria Day,
100 treated mosquito nets, proven effective against malaria infections,
where distributed to children 3-6 of
the Riverside Memorial School and their families
by our corporate sponsor Vestergaard Frandsen.
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Riverside Memorial School in Kenya
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Riverside Memorial School in Kenya
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Riverside Memorial School in Kenya
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"Every time we speak about the devastation of Malaria and follow it with action, we are doing our duty as conscious human beings."
Coumba
Africa Malaria Day
April 25, 2006
By Joyce Howard Price
Several groups will mark Africa Malaria Day today by trying to raise awareness in the United States about the disease, which is the leading killer of preschool children and pregnant women in Africa.
On Capitol Hill, for instance, the Global Health Council will sponsor a panel discussion to provide updates on efforts to reduce malaria's toll on the developing world, including the repeal of taxes on bed nets and service fees.
A grass-roots group known as COUMBA (Conscientious Organizations Using Music to Bring Awareness) Foundation, uses African music and art to draw attention to the malaria problem.
Copyright 2006 News World Communications, Inc.
For the Full Article, visit:
http://washingtontimes.com/culture/20060424-104202-3626r.htm
Here are a few pictures of how C.O.U.M.B.A. Foundation raised awareness for the fight to eradicate Malaria. In partnership with Vestergaard Frandsen, we will be distributing a free mosquito net in rural areas of Africa most affected by Malaria, for each person who attended the The First Annual Musicians for Africa Malaria event APRIL 25th 2006 at Bohemian Caverns in Washington DC.
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Cheick HAMALA DIABATE
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Coumba is all smiles
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Thomas Sorenson of Vestergaard
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Omrao and Jahness
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Coumba and Jahness
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Africa Malaria Day, April 25, 2006, commemorates Africa’s struggle to fight malaria and marks the six-year anniversary of the first African Summit on Malaria. On that occasion, leaders from 44 malaria-affected African nations and founding agencies of the global Roll Back Malaria Partnership gathered in Abuja, Nigeria, to deliberate on the struggle to fight malaria. The summit culminated in the historic signing of the Abuja Declaration, which committed governments to an intensive effort to halve the burden of malaria in Africa by 2010 and mark April 25 as Africa Malaria Day.
Worldwide, an estimated 300 to 500 million clinical cases of malaria occur each year, resulting in an estimated one million deaths annually in Africa alone. This age-old scourge is endemic to more than 90 countries, putting at least 41 percent of the world’s population at risk for malaria infection. In addition, malaria exacts a significant economic toll in affected areas, reducing economic growth in African countries up to 1.3 percent each year.
Africa Malaria Day provides an opportunity to show solidarity with the people and countries most affected by malaria, and to reaffirm our collective commitment to the worldwide efforts to reduce malaria incidence, morbidity and mortality. Reducing the burden of malaria will be accomplished only through research, prevention and control.
Source: NIH
Full Release: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2006/niaid-25.htm | 
