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UN Dispatch will be on scene at the United Nations next Monday to cover the much anticipated High Level Meeting on Climate Change in which foreign ministers and heads of state will converge on First Avenue to discuss climate change issues. UN Dispatch, in partnership with the United Nations Foundation, is hosting a number of bloggers on site. This is the first-ever event designed solely for bloggers, enabling us to report on the United Nations. We are very excited.

The climate change meeting kicks off an action packed week at the United Nations. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the 62nd General Assembly officially opens for business, meaning every head of state is invited to address the UN. This always makes for some interesting moments. Be sure to check our "Live From the UN" mini-site next week for frequent updates.

November 12, 2008


Taking the Fight Against Malaria to the Front Lines
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Six weeks before his election on November 4, President-elect Barack Obama made a promise to the one million people around the world who die from Malaria each year. "When I am President," he said, "We will set the goal of ending all deaths from Malaria by 2015. The United States will lead."

This may sound like a typical grandiose promise made by a candidate seeking election. But to those in the public health community it offered validation that ending Malaria deaths is not some pie in the sky dream--but a goal that can be achieved in the here and now. Following through on this commitment, however, means that the fight against Malaria must be taken to where the disease is most destructive and most difficult to contain: refugee camps in Africa.

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