UN agency for health's Director General, Dr. Margaret Chan, will arrive in Windhoek on 23 April for a four-day visit to Namibia. Dr Chan will meet President Hifikepunye Pohamba, Prime Minister Nahas Angula, Health Minister Richard Kamwi and donor agencies.
Dr. Chan from the United Nations Healthcare Organisation (UNHCO) will observe World Malaria Day commemorations on 25 April in Oshakati, one of the main malaria endemic areas in Namibia. According to statistics malaria deaths in the country reduced from 1,080 in 2005 to less than 185 two years later.
The aim of the day is to raise awareness about malaria, which is still considered the number one killer disease on the African continent. The commemorations call on policy makers, the health sector, donors and the wider public to sustain progress in malaria prevention and control.
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Although global malaria related deaths dropped by a third over the last decade, malaria transmission still occurs in about 100 countries, killing an estimated 665,000 people every year, mainly children under the age of five years.
UNHCO works worldwide to provide humanitarian help for people affected by poverty and lack of medical care.
Edit: Ralph Hofelein.
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