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| To provide a coordinated international approach to fighting malaria — a disease that kills more than a million people each year, most of them children — the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Global Partnership was launched in 1998 by the World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNDP and the World Bank. RBM's goal is to halve the burden of malaria by 2010. 
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| DAKAR ROCKS TO ROLL BACK MALARIA Leaders unite to escalate the fight against Africa's child killer... CONCERT À DAKAR POUR FAIRE RECULER LE PALUDISME Union pour intensifier la lutte contre ce fléau qui tue 3000 enfants africains par jour... CREATIVE TALENT AND CORPORATE CLOUT JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT MALARIA Celebrities and industry leaders announced today a major new collaboration... ARTISTES ET ENTREPRISES S'UNISSENT POUR COMBATTRE LE PALUDISME Des célébrités et des dirigeants d'entreprise ont aujourd'hui annoncé une importante nouvelle initiative pour accélérer la lutte contre le paludisme... |
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The concert--which saw the premiere of Youssou N'Dour's global anti-malaria anthem--took place on the evenings of 12 and 13 March 2005 at the 20,000-capacity Iba Mar Diop Stadium in Dakar. The star-studded lineup of African talent included: 12 March 13 March The stadium grounds also featured a "malaria fair" where concertgoers could receive educational materials and information about malaria in general and its prevention and treatment from nongovernmental organizations, government agencies, UN agencies and other RBM partners. A two-hour documentary film about AFRICA LIVE: The Roll Back Malaria Concert was being made for worldwide television distribution, along with a DVD version, four one-hour concert recordings, a radio series and a half-hour educational film about malaria. The two-hour documentary will be shown in Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK, with deals pending in the USA, Canada, Australia, Japan and Switzerland. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)—a Roll Back Malaria partner—will ensure that this documentary and the half-hour educational film will be made available free of charge to television broadcasters throughout the African continent. Please note that the DVD is not finalized yet! Information on its distribution will be published on this website as soon as the DVD is completed. |
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