“It is a shame that the deaths of millions of African
children from malaria every year do not elicit any outrage. But the
deaths of a few hundred African giraffes would stir the world into
action to save them. Historians estimate that Africa lost 10
millions people through the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade that went on
for nearly a century. Tragically, Africa loses more people from
malaria—particularly children—in less than a decade.”
George Ayittey. PhD, Distinguished Economist, American
University, President & Founder, The Free Africa Foundation
“There is a silent Tsunami underway all the time in rural
Africa. Every month, as many children die of malaria in Africa as
died in the Tsunami - - about 150,000 children dying every
month”
Dr.Jeffery Sachs, Ph.D., Director of the UN
Millennium Project, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia
University
"The Malaria epidemic is like loading up seven Boeing 747
airlines each day, then deliberately crashing them into Mt.
Kilimanjaro."
Dr. Wen Kilama, PhD Founder and Managing
Trustee, African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET)
“Malaria continues to be masked by the higher profile of
other diseases and disasters, even within sophisticated universities
structures, while 3,000 children keep dying each and every day from
this preventable and treatable disease. We need to take unique
approaches and a bold stand to bring continuous attention, more
intellectual capacity and financial support to this
problem.”
Dr. Mary Galinski, PhD, Founder and President,
Malaria Foundation International (MFI), Associate Professor of
Medicine and Infectious Diseases at Emory University with affiliated
positions within the Emory Vaccine Center and the Yerkes Research
Center.
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