Uhuru takes up African Leaders Malaria Association (Alma) as chairman and intends to focus his efforts on elimination of malaria during the two years he will serve as chairmanHe proposes the use of data and digitisation to enhance malaria prevention and elimination, a target Alma hopes to achieve by 2030 under its campaign 'zero malaria starts with me.'Uhuru said Alma's efforts will be concentrated in countries identified by the African Union as high-burden states said to account for 67 per cent global malaria cases and 62 per cent of deaths.They include Nigeria, DR Congo, Ivory Coast, Mozambique, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Angola and Tanzania.Other measures include increasing manufacture of anti-malaria commodities in Africa as a measure to eliminate the disease and to create malaria funds to drive resource mobilization.

Source: Standard Media