Eritrea: Mosquito nets to boost anti-malaria efforts

Eritrea, one of the few African countries that have been able to significantly reduce the number of reported malaria cases, is to further boost its campaign against the killer disease using a donation of 30,000 long-lasting mosquito nets. According to officials, the number of reported malaria cases in Eritrea fell from 200,000 in 1999 to 45,000 in 2003. "The success of Eritrea can be explained by various strategies. One of those is using impregnated bed nets," Berhane Ghebretinsae, the Eritrean director general of Health Services, told IRIN in the capital, Asmara.