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Joint Statement by Commissioners Andris Piebalgs (Development), Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (Research and Innovation) and Tonio Borg (Health and Consumer) on the eve of the Wor

  • Press release
  • 24 April 2013
  • Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
  • 1 min read

European Commission MEMO Brussels, 24 April 2013 Millions of people living in highly endemic areas continue to lack access to effective malaria prevention, diagnostic testing, and treatment. As a result, this disease kills more than 660,000 people a year, most of them children under the age of five.

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Publication date
24 April 2013
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Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety