Today, Bill and Melinda Gates each addressed attendees of the Malaria Forum, celebrating progress while urging the malaria community to remain vigilant in their fight.
“Eradicating malaria will take commitment. Not a commitment simply to reduce malaria deaths, or eliminate malaria from certain regions. Those are important milestones—but they are only milestones. A commitment to eradication means a commitment to intensifying the effort as fewer and fewer people get infected. It is counter-intuitive, but absolutely essential.
We understand the risks of declaring a goal of eradication. We understand the mistakes of the past and the obstacles of today. But your work gives us confidence and makes us optimistic.”
–Melinda French Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Read transcripts of Melinda Gates’ keynote speech from today’s event.
For us to eradicate malaria, there there are basic things we forgot to put into consideration. we have been working so hard but we have forgotten that our environment is crying out..The level of education in the communities is still very low. Health education is very important not only malaria but other preventable diseases.