Good News from Africa

Recent reports from Ethiopia and Rwanda show that malaria prevention strategies are having a profound impact. In these two nations malaria has dropped over 50% after widespread introduction of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and new anti-malarial drugs. This is a wonderful result in and of itself, but it also bodes very well for the future. The success in Ethiopia and Rwanda proves that these anti-malarial strategies can work in large nations. Previously successful reduction of this magnitude had only been successful in smaller regions. But as the Washington Post reports,

“The results suggest what may be possible in dozens of other countries, and they are likely to spur efforts already underway to roll out the relatively low-cost measures.”

For more from the Washington Post, click here.  For more on malaria from the World Health Organization, click here.