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On April 25th, we will all celebrate Africa Malaria Day.

The theme for this year's event is:'Insecticide Treated Nets and effective malaria treatment for pregnant women and young children by 2005'

Reducing maternal deaths is the challenge of the new millennium in the African region. In its Health for All Policy for the 21^st Century in the African region: Agenda 2020, the WHO Regional Office for Africa calls for a 50% reduction of maternal mortality by 2020.  “TOWARDS THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: ADVOCACY FOR IMPROVED MATERNAL AND NEWBORN CARE"

Women have been producing children from the beginning of time. Childbirth is one of the natural miracles of the world. But in Africa too often the birth of a child becomes an occasion for grief due to the death of the mother and /or baby.  Over 250,000 African women die from pregnancy related complications every year.

Reproductive health in Africa needs more funding: The population of sub-Saharan Africa has doubled in just 25 years, and is expected to double again in less than three decades from the current level of 620 million, according to a recent study by Population Action International (PAI), a Washington based non-governmental organization.

African Journal of Reproductive Health
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