
African Lawmakers Unite to Tackle Malaria with Launch of COPEMA
Korede Abdullah in Lagos In a significant stride toward eradicating malaria, parliamentarians from 16 African nations convened in Accra, Ghana, in April to officially launch the Coalition of Parliamentarians to End Malaria in Africa (COPEMA). The initiative comes a year after the Yaoundé Declaration and amid rising concerns over declining global aid, drug resistance, and…