KILLER MALARIA
By Kizito Makoye
The war against malaria has suffered a serious setback as a global body formed to fight the disease is reportedly failing.
Formed in 1998, Roll Back Malaria (RBM), an international group of 90 organisations started off with an ambitious outlook, but a UK leading medical journal, The Lancet has reported that the organisation does have its flaws.
In its special issue on malaria, The Lancet claimed that there are 500 million malaria cases reported in the world every year. Yet, malaria control programmes in individual countries like Tanzania have been poorly advised to effectively combat the disease. As a result the parasite has continued to wreck havoc, targeting vulnerable groups like pregnant women and underage children. It is particularly the failure to include local experts that hampered the organisation’s efforts.

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President Benjamin Mkapa (2nd L) posing for a group photo; from left are Zanzibar President, Amani Abeid Karume. His Highness the Aga Khan and Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete during the 5th International Investors' round Table Meeting held in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday. (Photo by Peter Mgongo).

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