South Africa: African Footballers to Use Afcon to Campaign Against Malaria

Potchefstroom — African football stars and Heads of State will join the Roll Back Malaria Partnership's United Against Malaria (UAM) campaign throughout the 2013 Africa Nations Cup (Afcon) tournament.

The campaign aims to distribute life-saving malaria prevention and treatment messages throughout the Afcon tournament by football icons such as Didier Drogba, Smuel Eto'o and Bafana Bafana former skipper, Steven Pienaar.

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