The music sizzles through the stadium. The beat pulses across the pitch. In South Africa, United Against Malaria Champion Yvonne Chaka Chaka is fighting malaria through music, and the fans love it. The South African superstar performed her malaria anthem "Hearts on Fire" during the UAM celebration at the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations closing ceremony in Johannesburg, together with African singers and dancers. The new song is available for purchase, with proceeds benefitting UAM and Princess of Africa Foundation.
What's the most powerful tool to protect a child from malaria?
There are many: long-lasting insecticide-treated bednets, rapid diagnostic tests, artemisinin-based combination therapies, and antenatal care for pregnant women. But for World Malaria Day (April 25), there's a tool that's both powerful and simple, the United Against Malaria bracelet--and it's one of the easiest ways to raise funds for malaria control efforts in Africa.
Billboards are an effective yet simple way to promote malaria control in endemic countries. This one in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, features the popular footballer Rudolfo Bodipo, who counsels fans to participate in indoor residual spraying campaigns twice a year, sleep under an insecticide-treated net every night, and vist a health center when sick. This billboard was erected during the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, with support from Marathon Oil.
Billboards are an effective yet simple way to promote malaria control in endemic countries. This one in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, features the popular goalie Juma Kaseja, who counsels fans to sleep under an insecticide-treated net every night. A logo marks the 50th anniversary of the country, which coincided with the 2011 Tusker Challenge Cup, an international football tournament dedicated to the fight against malaria.
Billboards are an effective yet simple way to promote malaria control in endemic countries. This one in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, features the popular goalie Juma Kaseja, who counsels fans to take correctly prescribed artemisinin-based combination therapies when properly diagnosed with malaria. A logo marks the 50th anniversary of the country, which coincided with the 2011 Tusker Challenge Cup, an international football tournament dedicated to the fight against malaria.
Billboards are an effective yet simple way to promote malaria control in endemic countries. This one in Côte d'Ivoire features Dr. Aka Aouélé, minister of health and public hygiene, who instructs mothers and fathers to take their children to a health center in case of fever.
Standard Bank, which also trades as Stanbic Bank, forms part of one of Africa’s leading financial services groups, the Standard Bank Group Limited, a South African company with more than 50,000 employees worldwide. A longtime supporter of education, health and development on the continent, the bank added malaria to its portfolio of social investments in 2010, joining corporate partners and United Against Malaria to end a disease that costs Africa an estimated USD 12 billion in lost gross domestic product every year.
