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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2000

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WHO official on rolling hbck malaria WINDHOEK, Namibia (PANA) — A WHO official re- ' cently emphasized the need for renewed focus on community mo'■bilization and action, promotion of ‘ effective personal protection mea- ‘ sores, early detection and appro- ‘ priate treatment of malaria. ■ Speaking at a one-day national meeting in Windhoek for stake- ' holders on the Roll Back Malaria ‘ initiative, theagency’scountry representative, Dr. Doyin Oluwole, said WHO is committed to sup'porting Namibia to achieve its com1 mitment to all the regional and ‘ international goals through con- • tinuous technical and financial aid. Oluwole cited how malaria is i one of the most troubling public ('health problems in sub-Saharan '^Africa, saying most of the 40 per•;oent world population affected by the endemic are found in sub-Sa-haran Africa. Between 300 million to 500 million cases of malaria disease are estimated to occur globally every year, she said, adding that of these, about 90 percent occur in Africa just as 90 percent of the estimated 1 to 2 million deaths from malaria annually occur in

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. In Namibia, malaria is the first dmise of morbidity and the third main cause of deaths after AIDS and tuberculosis, she said. - She added that there are about 400,000 clinical cases and about '300 to 500 deaths due to malaria 'dafch year, in Namibia, with chil'dren under 5 years of age and pregtiant women the most vulnerable

to-the disease.

Kenya faces worst food

crisis in decades

NAIROBI, Kenya (PANA) — v As if the severe drought that has 'devastated the country in the past two years is not bad enough, Kenya appears to be bracing for its worst

food crisis next year.

The early warning unit in the agriculture ministry has predicted Extremely difficult times ahead.

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Wily Dim, the nation’s deputy

director of agriculture in charge of crop development, told journalists in Nairobi that Kenya will in 2001 experience a shortage of 14 million bags of maize, its main staple. The yields are expected to fall from 25 million bags in 1999 to 19 million this year, meaning that the country would be required to import 13 million bags to meet its annual demand of 32 million bags. Dim further noted the situation is not any better with wheat, another staple. While Kenya produces between 2.5 million and 3 million bags of the commodity every year, the estimated yield for next year is only 1.4 million. The shortfall is attributed to the prolonged drought in the Narok area of the Rift Valley province, which accounts for over 50 percent of the country’s total wheat production. Kiswahili book wins literature prize LONDON (PANA) — A book on Kiswahili literature has won the $10,000 Noma Award, which recognizes excellence in African publishing. Kiswahili is a language widely spoken in East and Southern Africa. The book entitled, Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Mbinu (The Teaching of Literature: Theory and Methods), was written by Kimani Njogu and Rocha Chimerah and published in Nairobi last year by the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. The jury of the U.K.-based Noma Award for Publishing in Africa noted that the book was “probably the first book of its kind to be written and published in an African language.” It said the book was “an important milestone in the evolution of literary criticism in Kiswahili, and an invaluable contribution to the understanding and teaching of Kiswahili literature.” The award will be presented at the Cairo Intemationll Book Fair, which takes place JaA. 24 to Feb. 6, 2001.

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