2001-2010 :#Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Proclaims the period 2001-2010 the Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, 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, UN bodies, international and regional organizations and non-governmental organizations to allocate substantial new and additional resources, with a view to enabling them to implement fully the Plan of Action adopted in Abuja for the "Roll Back Malaria" initiative; calls for joint comprehensive efforts between Africa and the international community to ensure that by 2005 the following targets are achieved: (a) At least 60 per cent of those at risk for malaria, particularly pregnant women and children under 5 years of age, shall benefit from the most suitable combination of personal and community protective measures; (b) At least 60 per cent of all pregnant women who are at risk for malaria, especially those in their first pregnancies, shall have access to chemoprophylaxis or presumptive intermittent treatment; (c) At least 60 per cent of those suffering from malaria shall have prompt access to and shall be able to use correct, affordable and appropriate treatment within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms.

Adopted without vote, 111th plenary meeting

Two thousand one - two thousand ten : Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa : resolution

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