Sirleaf Calls On Leaders to Support Fight Against Malaria

As chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance, an group of African heads of state working together to end malaria-related deaths, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has reminded her colleagues that sustaining malaria control in the region is central to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

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  • jj.dasso96
    Aug 30 2012, 08:19

    thats a very good and wise way of thinking madam sirleaf please keep it up and make sure that your group be the agent of positve change in Africa on the saving life aspect