填空题 The United Nations has reported that{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}progress is being made in the fight{{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}malaria in Africa. The UNICEF website says the area that is{{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}the most dramatic improvement is sub- Saharan Africa. This is the region hardest hit by the{{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}One of the biggest reasons for these gains against the killer infection is the increased use of special insect nets. This{{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}solution can reduce child deaths by as much as 20 percent. The{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}says the number of children using the insecticide- treated{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}has tripled since 2000. According to UNICEF's Executive Director Ann Veneman, controlling malaria is vital{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}improving child health and economic{{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}in affected countries. Studies show that malaria unfairly affects the poorest people in these countries, and contributes to their poorer{{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}conditions.
UNICEF prepared the{{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}together with the Roll Back Malaria Partnership. This organisation is a collaboration of aid agencies launched in 1998 to{{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}fight malaria. Its vision is that{{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}2015, malaria "is no longer a major{{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}of mortality and no longer a barrier{{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}social and economic development". The report{{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}provides a healthy picture of the use of drugs in{{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}the number of malaria cases. Since 2003, national health programmes have{{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}heavily in buying anti-malarial drugs called ACTs. UNICEF's health chief Pater Salama is{{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}and says the future looks bright. He reports: "With the strong backing of some of the international donors and the{{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}of ACTs starting to be reduced, I think governments are becoming more confident now that this will be a sustainable strategy for anti-malaria treatment."