2001-2010 : Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 292001-2010 : Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, particularly in Africa, published in 2003.

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6 versions · 2003–2010

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Africa Communicable Diseases Developing Countries Disease Control Disease Prevention Donor Countries Environmental Health International Decades Malaria Pesticides Programme Evaluation Programme Implementation Report Preparation Resources Allocation Technology Transfer

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General, and calls for support for the recommendations contained therein;

Reaffirms the period 2001–2010 as the Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa;

Welcomes the high priority given to the fight against malaria in the New Partnership for Africa’s Development;3

Takes note with satisfaction of the continuing efforts of developing countries, particularly those in Africa, to combat malaria through the formulation and implementation of plans and strategies at the national, regional and continental levels, despite their limited financial, technical and human resources;

Takes note of the real progress towards the implementation of those plans, most notably the increasing availability of insecticide-treated bednets, the growing use of preventive treatment of pregnant women and prompt access to treatment with effective drugs, that is being made in many countries in which malaria is endemic, particularly in Africa;

Stresses that the proclamation of the Decade will stimulate the efforts of African countries and the international community not only to roll back malaria worldwide, in particular in Africa where the burden is heaviest, but also to prevent its spread to previously malaria-free areas;

Appeals to the international community, United Nations bodies, international and regional organizations and non-governmental organizations to allocate substantial new resources, including through the Global Fund to Fight the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Tuberculosis and Malaria, for developing countries, particularly in Africa, with a view to enabling them to implement fully the plan of action adopted in Abuja for the “Roll Back Malaria” initiative;1

Calls upon the international community and donor Governments to encourage and facilitate the transfer of needed technology to developing countries, particularly in Africa, on favourable terms, including concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed, for the production of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets, to avoid the difficulties encountered with re-treatment, and to find ways to increase the availability of the new range of artemisinin-based combination drugs for multi-drug-resistant malaria;

Commends the World Health Organization and its partners, and urges them to provide the necessary support for its ongoing measures to combat malaria in developing countries, particularly in Africa, and to provide the assistance necessary for African States to meet their objectives;

Calls for joint comprehensive efforts between Africa and the international community to ensure that by 2005 the following targets are achieved:

At least 60 per cent of those at risk for malaria, in particular pregnant women and children under five years of age, benefit from the most suitable combination of personal and community protective measures, such as insecticide-treated bednets and other interventions that are accessible and affordable, to prevent infection and suffering;

At least 60 per cent of all pregnant women who are at risk for malaria, especially those in their first pregnancy, have access to chemoprophylaxis or presumptive intermittent treatment;

At least 60 per cent of those suffering from malaria have prompt access to and are able to use correct, affordable and appropriate treatment within twenty-four hours of the onset of symptoms;

Reiterates the need to ensure that measures to reduce the risk of malaria transmission, including source reduction and environmental management, such as ways to minimize mosquito breeding sites associated with existing and new development projects, are included in development planning and activities;

Requests the Secretary-General, acting in close collaboration with the Director-General of the World Health Organization, developing countries and regional organizations, including the African Union, to conduct in 2005 an evaluation of the measures taken and progress made towards the achievement of the mid-term targets, the means of implementation provided by the international community in this regard and the overall goals of the Decade, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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