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"Mr President, Commissioner. As the unprecedented outpouring of assistance brought about by the Asian tsunami – which showed that the globalising world is able to devote significant resources to a common cause and also achieve positive results – gradually begins to recede, we must nevertheless recognise that every month smaller ‘tsunamis’ take place, and that the relief offered for dealing with them is clearly insufficient.
Commissioner, malaria kills 3 million people every year, and each month this disease causes the death of 150 000 innocent children, most of whom never celebrate their fifth birthday. It is a fact that 40% of the world’s population, who live in extremely poor areas, are threatened by malaria. 90% of malaria deaths occur in the sub-Saharan region, specifically among children. In these areas, malaria kills one child every 30 seconds, and every minute of inactivity on our part leads to the death of two children.
Today malaria is becoming a negative catchword worldwide, and Jeffrey Sacks, the Head of the UN Millennium Project, recently stated that if we can allocate 2-3 billion USD, it is in our power to save the 3 million victims of malaria. This money would be needed to buy or subsidise mosquito nets and insecticides, and to solve problems of immunisation.
At the same time, Jeffrey Sacks has noted that it is time for Europe to take the initiative in a global sense, since the European Union is the primary donor to the global fund, and is bound by the Cotonou Agreement until the year 2020.
Considering all of these facts, I had intended to present a verbal question to the commission, which – for reasons I cannot understand – was unsuccessful.
Since significant advances have been made in the treatment of malaria in recent years, the Commission could ascertain what specific initiatives the European Union might adopt in order to liquidate this pandemic disease, concentrating especially on malaria prevention. Secondly, would it not be worthwhile considering how, in addition to existing public sector investment, we could also involve more private sector investment in the development of malaria vaccines?
Thank you."@en1
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