1.   In July, for example, UNICEF launched a campaign to combat malaria, a disease that takes the lives of one million children a year in Africa alone.

2.   For example, DDT is still employed in the tropics to combat malaria.

3.   Swiss pharmaceutical giant Ciba-Geigy AG said Friday that it has signed an agreement with three Chinese partners to develop and market a new drug to combat malaria.

4.   The Taliban and the United Nations have launched a program to combat malaria, measles and diarrhea, he told reporters in the Afghan capital Kabul.

5.   India has netted a new ally to combat malaria -- the guppy fish, the Asian Age daily reported Friday.