World Malaria Day

Today, Friday, April 25th, is World Malaria Day.  Terry Zielger, our District 5890 Foundation Chair, wrote the following:  How fitting it is, that tomorrow is World Malaria Day.  Just yesterday, our $97,328 Global Grant for Malaria Prevention in Togo - sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bear Creek Copperfield and supported by many of our District 5890 Clubs, our District 5890, and several other Districts - was completed and closed by The Rotary Foundation.  Malaria is the third largest global infectious disease killer (behind only AIDS and TB).  I sn't it great that you can say you have played a role in the prevention of this killer disease through your support of Our Rotary Foundation!  Your can read more information here about Rotarians Eliminating Malaria - A Rotary Action Group here http://www.remarag.org/  and about one Rotarian's "New Life Fighting Malaria"  http://blog.rotary.org/2012/12/19/malaria/  and about how Shelterbox is playing a role in Malaria prevention  http://shelterboxusa.org/news_global.php?id=1260.  In addition, one of Rotary's great Polio Eradication Partners, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, recently announced progress made in Malaria prevention.