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==Eradication efforts==

==Eradication efforts==

Malaria was eradicated from the United States in 1951, and in 1955 the [[World Health Organization]] stated that it would eradicate malaria worldwide in an effort similar to the eradication of [[smallpox]] that was ongoing at the time.  The eradication efforts were partially successful, particularly on the Indian subcontinent, but areas such as sub-Saharan Africa were ignored.  This poor organization combined with lack of funding by donor countries and the evolution of mosquitoes to become resistant to many [[insecticide]]s led to an abandonment of the eradication effort.  In 2005 the [[Bill Gates|Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] announced that it would be donate $258 million to malaria research to compliment [[President Bush]]'s Presidential Malaria Initiative of 1.2 billion over 5 years.  The goal of these initiative is to achieve the worldwide eradication of malaria, which kills approximately 1 child every 30 seconds, through the use of vaccines, mosquito control, insecticide impregnated bednets, and new anti-malarial drugs.<ref>http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/Pri_Diseases/Malaria/Announcements/Announce-071007.htm</ref>

Malaria was eradicated from the United States in 1951, and in 1955 the [[World Health Organization]] stated that it would eradicate malaria worldwide in an effort similar to the eradication of [[smallpox]] that was ongoing at the time.  The eradication efforts were partially successful, particularly on the Indian subcontinent, but areas such as sub-Saharan Africa were ignored.  This poor organization combined with lack of funding by donor countries and the evolution of mosquitoes to become resistant to many [[insecticide]]s led to an abandonment of the eradication effort.  In 2005 the [[Bill Gates|Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]] announced that it would be donate $258 million to malaria research to compliment [[President Bush]]'s Presidential Malaria Initiative of 1.2 billion over 5 years.  The goal of these initiative is to achieve the worldwide eradication of malaria, which kills approximately 1 child every 30 seconds, through the use of [[vaccine]]s, mosquito control, insecticide impregnated bednets (mosquito net), and new anti-malarial drugs.<ref>http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/Pri_Diseases/Malaria/Announcements/Announce-071007.htm</ref>

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