AFRICA MALARIA DAY 2002
AIMS

• To create awareness at global, regional, country and particularly at community level in order to mobilise communities to control malaria and specifically reinforce the need for prompt access to treatment
  • To celebrate the role of the health worker in the community as a key player in the national health system and give them a platform for the day
  • Create greater awareness in communities about the fact that health workers are there to help in the fight against malaria
  • Remind communities what the health worker in the community does and can do for them
  • Use the example of health workers , their work and the difficulties they face to sell to the malaria story to national and international press.
• To monitor progress against the Abuja targets specifically referring to access to treatment
• To use Africa Malaria Day to help kick off long lasting campaigns and IEC programmes targeting community and country level