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You're watching UNICEF Television.

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UNICEF's Chief of the Health Department, Peter Salama,

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talks about Africa Malaria Day

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and the important methods being used to fight the deadly disease.

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Africa Malaria Day is a key day to remember all of the children

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that die every year from malaria.

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And it's a coordinated set of activities that go on all over the world

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to mark solidarity with African children

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who die in the numbers of more than 800,000 every year of malaria.

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There are four key measures to protect children against malaria.

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The first is the use of insecticide-treated bed nets

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to prevent the mosquito actually biting children.

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And that really is a key control measure for malaria.

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Secondarily, and most importantly, the use of effective drugs

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once children are showing the signs and symptoms of malaria.

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And that includes artemisinin-based combination therapies

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which are a new and very effective treatment for malaria.

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Thirdly, we do support something called

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intermittent presumptive treatment for malaria.

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And that's basically giving women twice during the course of their antenatal period

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prior to delivery, a course of treatment for malaria,

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which actually has the effect of improving their own health

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but also improving the health of newborns.

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And lastly, UNICEF also supports in certain circumstances,

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particularly unstable malaria environments,

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the use of indoor residual spraying.

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That's insecticide treatment for reducing mosquito populations.

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UNICEF will prioritize this program over the next few years

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as a key component of our integrated work on child survival.

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So that includes health programs, water and sanitation programs,

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and nutrition programs, and malaria is a key component of those.