Today is World Malaria Day. Global campaigners are using the occasion to appeal for
3.2 billion dollars to try to reach the U.N. goal of ``near-zero'' deaths from the
mosquito-borne disease by 2015. According to the World Health Organization great progress
has been made in reducing malaria deaths using bednets, insecticide spray and drugs.
Lydia
O’Kane spoke to Felicia Price, technical advisor for community health and HIV with
Christian Aid who stressed the importance of education in the fight against the disease.
Speaking
about insecticide treated nets she says, “I think there is a lot that goes along with
nets and I think the most important thing is education... so making sure that people
actually understand what the nets are for”.
Felicia Price also adds that a
big help in the getting the message across about bednets has been Christian Aids relationship
with Christian leaders. Listen