African leaders ally to eliminate some 1 million annual malaria deaths by 2015

October 7th, 2009 Carter seeks to boost Caribbean malaria fightOUANAMINTHE, Haiti — Jovind Fritzner is well-known in this border town, where the ditches lining the dirt roads collect stagnant water perfect for malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Fritzner oversees the town's malaria prevention program, and residents frequently ask him when he'll return to apply more doses of mosquito-killing white powder to fetid gullies.

September 24th, 2009 Military research covers range of medical issuesWASHINGTON — The Pentagon runs a massive medical research program, studying a broad range of problems from cancer to malaria to sleep disorders. The work is done at home and abroad.

September 24th, 2009 Army's AIDS research 1 example of broad programWASHINGTON — The Pentagon runs a massive medical research program, studying a broad range of problems from cancer to malaria to sleep disorders. The work is done at home and abroad.

September 10th, 2009 Death rate for children under 5 continues declineUNITED NATIONS — It is unacceptable that 8.8 million children die every year before their fifth birthday — 40 percent of them in India, Nigeria and Congo, the U.N. children's agency said Thursday.

August 31st, 2009 UNICEF: Global recession will kill African kidsJOHANNESBURG — The global recession will increase infant and child deaths and cause more students to drop out of school in Africa, the U.N. children's agency predicted Monday, as the financial crisis delivers a delayed blow to the continent and is expected to linger longer.

July 27th, 2009 SYDNEY - The changing climate could generate 75 million refugees in the Asia-Pacific region in the next 40 years, a report released Monday said. The report, by the aid agency Oxfam Australia and the think tank the Australia Institute, said the consequences of unbridled greenhouse gas emissions should be discussed next week when Pacific leaders convene in Australia for the annual Pacific Island Forum.

July 21st, 2009 UNITED NATIONS - The world's largest economies have "clearly ignored" the findings of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning UN scientific body that evaluates climate change when formulating their recent proposals on slashing greenhouse gases, a top official said. It was a "big step" for leaders of over one dozen developed nations attending the Major Economies Forum (MEF) to recognise that the global average temperature should not increase by more than two degrees centigrade, Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), told reporters here Monday.

July 6th, 2009 GENEVA - The global economic crisis will likely hamper efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals, which, in part, were already lagging behind the targets, the UN warned in a report released Monday. Aid to the world's poorest countries was falling short of pledges made by richer states, and the recession would probably cut into assistance budgets further.

July 3rd, 2009 African leaders launch UnitySIRTE, Libya — Concluding marathon talks late into the night, African leaders agreed Friday to a Libyan-driven push to transform the African Union and in theory greatly extend its powers. The change was materialized by morphing the African Union's executive body, the commission, into an "African Authority." The draft document adopted at 4 a.m.

July 3rd, 2009 African leaders agree to Libya-led AU changesSIRTE, Libya — Concluding marathon talks held late into the night, African leaders agreed Friday to a Libyan-driven push to transform the African Union and in theory greatly extend its powers. The change was materialized by morphing the African Union's executive body, the commission, into an "African Authority." The draft document adopted at 4 a.m.

July 3rd, 2009 African leaders approve anti-ICC moveSIRTE, Libya — African leaders have approved a contentious decision to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir. The final decision by the African Union heads of state summit says AU members "shall not cooperate ...

April 24th, 2009 US to lead in ending malaria deaths by 2015WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is committed to making the United States a global leader in ending the nearly 1 million deaths annually from malaria by 2015, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says.

April 24th, 2009 UN says money available for anti-malaria bed netsWASHINGTON — On the eve of World Malaria Day, the head of UNICEF announced Friday that the agency has enough money to provide bed nets treated with long-lasting insecticide to everyone in Africa at risk of malaria by 2010, which could eliminate by 2015 the almost 1 million deaths annually from the killer disease. Ann Veneman's announcement at a global conference on malaria was greeted by loud applause, as was the announcement that President Barack Obama is committed to making the United States a global leader in ending malaria deaths by 2015.

April 22nd, 2009 Africa's first ladies urge education, health careLOS ANGELES — They have seen each other socially, with their husbands in Washington or at the United Nations, but the 15 African first ladies met this time to speak candidly about problems facing women and children on their home continent. Some called for improved nutrition for children and pregnant mothers, clean water, sanitation infrastructure and inexpensive tools such as insecticide-treated bed nets to help combat malaria.

January 7th, 2009 CHENNAI - The announcement by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here Thursday that overseas Indian professionals can practise in India was cautiously welcomed by Durban Deputy Mayor Logie Naidoo. 'It opens up a window of opportunity for many South African Indians, but we must remember that we have been very reliant in recent years on Indian nationals assisting in the development of post-apartheid South Africa,' Naidoo, who is also a speaker at the annual gathering of the diaspora, told IANS.