Princess of Africa Foundation, UK and World Bank call for more predictable long-term financing to control malaria
15 March 2007
Leading South African singer, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, known throughout the region as the ‘Princess of Africa,' today launched a new foundation to improve accountability and transparency in the use of funds dedicated to fighting malaria on the continent, one of the key recommendations from a UK All Party Parliamentary Malaria Group (APPMG) report on financing, which is being launched in London today by the UK Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn.
Accompanied by World Bank Group President, Paul Wolfowitz, Ms. Chaka Chaka, who is also UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador for Malaria, urged donors, recipient countries, development agencies, and other members of the Roll Back Malaria Initiative to ensure that funds earmarked for malaria were used transparently and delivered measurable results. She also called on African nations and donors to deliver on their promises to better fight malaria, with fewer deaths and less illness caused by the mosquito-borne disease.
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