For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 15, 2005
Statement on Assistance for Africa Under President's Malaria Initiative
Beginning this week, more than 500,000 Angolans will benefit from indoor
spraying to prevent malaria and be the first beneficiaries to receive
assistance under the President's Malaria Initiative. Large scale
distribution of bednets begins later this month in Tanzania to protect at
least 130,000 children and pregnant women from contracting the disease.
Rapid implementation of the President's Initiative will reduce the terrible
burden of malaria in the three target countries, Angola, Tanzania, and
Uganda. The U.S. Government, under USAID's leadership, is also extending
this approach to its existing malaria programs and will continue to work
with the international community to prevent loss of life due to malaria in
Africa.
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