A baby with malaria lays in bed in a mal

A baby with malaria lays in bed in a malaria ward on April 2, 2009 in the main hospital in Juba, where the population is exposed to malaria, a vector-borne, infectious parasitic disease that is a leading cause of death of infants and children in Africa. Some 4-10 billion US dollars is still needed to ensure the achievement of the universal coverage of more than 6 million people by 2010 according to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria who sponsor ongoing intervention programmes in south Sudan. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on March 31, in a video message played at the start of a two-day meeting in Spain of key donors to the Global Fund that malaria cost Africa 12 billion dollars a year, but just 3.4 billion dollars is needed annually for prevention and treatment. AFP PHOTO / Tony KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images)