UNICEF says money is available to provide all Africans in need with anti-malaria bed nets

WASHINGTON — On the eve of World Malaria Day, the head of UNICEF announced Friday that the agency has enough money to provide bed nets treated with long-lasting insecticide to everyone in Africa at risk of malaria by 2010, which could eliminate by 2015 the almost 1 million deaths annually from the killer disease.

US will lead in ending the nearly 1 million deaths annually from malaria by 2015, envoy says

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is committed to making the United States a global leader in ending the nearly 1 million deaths annually from malaria by 2015, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says.