{"id":13740,"date":"2016-01-27T14:54:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T14:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=13740"},"modified":"2016-01-27T15:53:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T15:53:26","slug":"malaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/malaria","title":{"rendered":"The British Government And Bill Gates Pledge $4.3 Billion To Fight Malaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Together, they have pledged a total of 3bn pounds, which is about $4.3bn.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Making the world safer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Britain\u2019s finance minister George Osborne and Gates <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/tto\/health\/news\/article4673748.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">had a joint article in the Times<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> explaining their decision. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u00a0\u201cWe both believe that a malaria-free world has to be one of the highest global health priorities,\u201d they said.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The pair noted that there are 200 million malaria cases annually and the effects are devastating. In 2015 alone, 438,000 people died from the disease. The majority of the casualties were children under the age of five living in Africa. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cIn the poorest places, malaria is both a cause and a consequence of poverty. It costs Africa billions of pounds a year in lost productivity and can account for 40% of public health expenditure.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The number of malaria-related deaths has already been falling &#8211; it nearly halved between 2000 and 2015. If private companies, governments, and charities work together then the two \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">are optimistic that in our lifetimes we can eradicate malaria and other deadly tropical diseases, and confront emerging threats, making the world a safer place for all<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13741\" style=\"width: 711px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/bill-gates-and-uk-reuters.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"711\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/bill-gates-and-uk-reuters.jpg 644w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/bill-gates-and-uk-reuters-600x361.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/bill-gates-and-uk-reuters-450x270.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/bill-gates-and-uk-reuters-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/bill-gates-and-uk-reuters-85x51.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/akamai.qurium.org\/burmese.dvb.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Bill-Gates-and-UK-reuters.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Leading the fight<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Osborne said that the spending on Britain\u2019s end will be funded through the nation\u2019s overseas aid budget. The country has pledged to spend $700 annually for five years. The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged to allocate $200 million per year. Some of the funding will be used for scientific research within Britain. Even though a lot of progress has been made in the last 15 years, there has been growing resistance to malaria drugs and insecticide. Osborne and Gates said that if new insecticides are not introduced by 2020, the situation could become even more critical. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Across the globe over a billion people are infected with malaria and it&#8217;s a cause of both untold misery and lost economic potential,&#8221; Osborne said. \u00a0&#8220;That&#8217;s why, working with Bill Gates, I\u2019m determined that Britain leads the world in the fight against this disease.&#8221; \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13742\" style=\"width: 703px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/czkhjwsw0auscim.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"703\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/czkhjwsw0auscim.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/czkhjwsw0auscim-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CZkHjWSW0AUsCim.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Working for a world without malaria<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gates <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesnotes.com\/Health\/Eradicating-Malaria-in-a-Generation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">posted on his blog <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that malaria is not only treatable but curable. His team has a strategy with three aspects: Complete Detection, Complete Cure, and Complete Prevention. Health officials need to find the people with the disease, completely remove it from their body, and develop vaccines that stop transmission of the disease. By combining the right medicines with tools that detect and track the disease, Gates hopes to wipe it out completely. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u00a0\u201cI believe it\u2019s not only possible to eradicate malaria; I believe it\u2019s necessary,\u201d he said. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He pointed out that four countries have already managed to get rid of the disease since 2000 and another two dozen have the potential to do the same in the next decade.<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cUltimately, the cost of controlling it endlessly is not sustainable. The only way to stop this disease is to end it forever.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13744\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/unh1-2_1_0.jpeg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/unh1-2_1_0.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/unh1-2_1_0-600x402.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/unh1-2_1_0-85x57.jpeg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.unicef.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/product\/public\/images\/product\/UNH1-2_1_0.jpeg?itok=hbeW8RrP\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/malaria-africa\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0New Research Shows That Malaria In Africa Cases Were Cut In Half Since 2000.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British government has joined forces with billionaire Bill Gates to fight malaria. 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