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 462001-2010 : Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa, published in 2005.

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6 versions · 2003–2010

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Africa Developing Countries Disease Control Financial Resources International Cooperation International Decades Malaria Partnership Pesticides Pharmaceuticals Prices Programme Evaluation Programmes of Action Report Preparation Research Vaccines Vector-Borne Diseases

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Takes note of the note by the Secretary-General transmitting the report of the World Health Organization, and calls for support for the recommendations contained therein;

Calls upon the international community to continue to support the “Roll Back Malaria” partner organizations, including the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund, as vital complementary sources of support for the efforts of malaria-endemic countries to combat the disease;

Appeals to the international community to ensure increased support for bilateral and multilateral assistance to combat malaria, including support for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, in order to assist in the development of sound national plans to control malaria in malaria-endemic countries and their implementation in a sustained and equitable way that, inter alia, contributes to health system development;

Urges malaria-endemic countries to increase domestic resource allocation to malaria control;

Encourages all African countries that have not yet done so to implement the recommendations of the Abuja Summit1 to reduce or waive taxes and tariffs for nets and other products needed for malaria control, both to reduce the price of nets to consumers and to stimulate free trade in insecticide-treated nets;

Calls upon malaria-endemic countries, in particular those in sub-Saharan Africa, to establish and strengthen policies and programmes to ensure a rapid scale-up in the coverage of insecticide-treated nets to at least 60 per cent of those at risk, wherever the use of such nets is the vector-control method of choice, by applying expeditious approaches, including targeted free or highly subsidized distribution to vulnerable groups;

Expresses its concern about the increase in resistant strains of malaria in several regions of the world;

Encourages all Member States experiencing resistance to conventional monotherapies to replace them with combination therapies, as recommended by the World Health Organization, in a timely manner;

Recognizes the importance of the development of effective vaccines and new medicines to prevent and treat malaria and the need for further and accelerated research, including through effective global partnerships such as the various malaria vaccine initiatives and the Medicines for Malaria Venture, where necessary stimulated by new incentives to secure their development;

Reiterates the need for expanded public-private partnerships for malaria control and prevention, and in this context urges petroleum companies operating in Africa to consider providing polymer for the manufacture of mosquito nets at reduced prices as a contribution to rolling back malaria in Africa;

Calls upon the international community to support investment in the development of new anti-malarial medicines and insecticides for the effective control of malaria in view of the challenging resistance of the parasite to anti-malarial medicines and the resistance of mosquitoes to insecticides;

Also calls upon the international community to support ways to expand access to artemisinin-based combination therapy for populations at risk of exposure to resistant strains of falciparum malaria in Africa, including the commitment of new funds, innovative mechanisms for the financing and national procurement of artemisinin-based combination therapy and the scaling up of artemisinin production to meet the increased need;

Further calls upon the international community to support coordinated efforts to improve surveillance, monitoring and evaluation systems so as to better track and report changes in the coverage of recommended “Roll Back Malaria” interventions and subsequent reductions in the burden of malaria;

Requests the Secretary-General, in close collaboration with the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, 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 sixtieth session on the implementation of the present resolution under the agenda item entitled “2001–2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa”.

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