Anyone who’s ever felt disheartened about the fight against malaria \u2014 the fact that a child dies in Africa every 45 seconds from the disease, to take just one statistic \u2014 would do well to turn their sights towards Rwanda.<\/p>\n
As recently as five years ago, malaria was the country’s top killer. But in just 18 months, Rwanda’s national malaria control program managed to cut the number of deaths from malaria by more than half. It’s an extraordinary success story, on that Karl Hofmann of Population Services International (PSI) argues<\/a> comes down to one key factor: leadership.<\/p>\n Read the full article at Change.org’s Global Poverty Blog – Where the Fight Against Malaria is Being Won<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","related_countries":[],"related_projects":[],"news_category":[],"health-area":[],"capabilities-and-cross-cutting":[],"class_list":["post-3813","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t