Winning fight against malaria one nation at a time

Updated November 19, 2009 09:42:35

Half a billion people catch malaria every year and one million die, nevertheless, the fight has been energised in the years since the establishment of The Global Fund in 2002.

Sir Richard Feachem was its first executive director. Now, he is Director of the Global Health Group at the University Of California, San Francisco. Sir Richard describes how well the fight against malaria is progressing.

Presenter: Jim Middleton
Speaker: Sir Richard Feachem, Director of the Global Health Group at the University Of California