MALARIA DAY IN ZAMBIA

WORLD MALARIA DAY IN ZAMBIA
More efforts needed to eradicate the the number one killer disease...

Mrs Mwanawasa (right) reads the writings on a billboard she unveiled ahead of the World Malaria Day which fall on April 25. The billboard is part of the sensitisation camapaign against malaria.
The billboard on one side shows the First Lady kicking malaria out of Zambia with writings on how to curb the pandemic.
In Zambia and Southern Africa, malaria is ranked as the number one killer disease in Zambia. It is rampant in children and pregnant women. There is a malaria control centre in Zambia under the ministry of health, which is scaling up and co-ordinating efforts against the disease.
A number of activities have been arranged to commemorate this day, with a major conference of SADc health ministers taking place in Lusaka. This would culminate into a commemoration on the actual day in Livingstone where official statements would be pronounced.