Former footballer David Beckham appears as an older version of himself in a digitally altered video, delivering a speech to unite the world in defeating its most aged deadliest disease – malaria.
The clip shows him in his 70s in the beginning and then later he is seen returning to his now age, 45, proclaiming that “our world has changed” and “we have ended malaria”.Beckham says: The fight against malaria is a cause close to my heart because the disease remains a huge killer of children and we have the opportunity to change that in our lifetime.”, 94% of the global 229 million malaria cases – and 94% of the 409,000 global malaria-related deaths reported- were from Africa.
Seemingly, people from malaria-endemic districts like Limpopo and Mpumalanga, were tested for both Covid-19 and malaria during the community-testing phase of the Covid-19 control strategy. South Africa responded rapidly by modifying malaria control practices and protocols. The goal was to ensure the safety of healthcare workers, malaria control staff and the communities they served. As fever is a symptom of both malaria and Covid-19.the first case of Odyssean malaria was reported in Tshwane by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases .
Why so dirty behind the ears ...?