Fighting Malaria Together - December 2010

United Nations Special Envoy for Malaria visits Zambia

Ray Chambers, the United Nations Special Envoy for Malaria, visited Zambia to celebrate the country’s success, learn the current situation of the disease and the means to fight it, and press for more LLINs. Mr. Chambers met with the Minister of Health, Honourable Kapembwa Simbao, the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Peter Mwaba and a range of malaria partners. At a press briefing before he departed for Rwanda, Mr. Chambers announced that Zambia would be receiving 2.6 million nets by the end of the year.