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Campaign Launched on World Malaria Day

April 25, 2008

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has launched a new campaign on World Malaria Day, calling for basic malaria control measures by the end of 2010. Each year, malaria kills more than one million people world-wide, mostly children. Experts say the numbers are rising in Asia.

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Malaria is transmitted by mosquito bites
Malaria is transmitted by mosquito bitesImage: dpa