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Photo Gallery Malaria

The fight against Malaria is a fundamental issue that greatly informs both UNHCR policy and the objectives set by the Millenium Development Goals. Goal 6 hopes to see universal treatment for, and the eventual eradication of Malaria, HIV/AIDS and other diseases.

UNHCR works within refugee communities to implement prevention strategies (e.g the highly successful distribution of insecticide treated nets), and provide palliative care to the world's most susceptible people.

A Somali refugee woman and her baby rest in the new arrivals section, flanked by mosquito nets. Malaria is the most prevalent disease in refugee settlements in Africa. / UNHCR / B. Heger / September 2009 A young boy walks through clouds of smoke as the Sheikh Shehzad IDP camp is fumigated against mosquitos at dusk. The camp on the outskirts of Mardan is temporarily home to thousands of families fleeing war in Swat and Buner- Pakistan. / UNHCR / A. Fazzina / May 2009Dadaab’s medical teams are already overstretched, and with the coming floods there are fears of a malaria and cholera outbreak, which pose considerable health threats to the refugees and would be difficult to contain in such crowded conditions- Kenya. / Photo: © Australia for UNHCR / T. Mukoya / October 2009Distribution of mosquito nets in Kharaz camp. Highly effective malaria treatment options and prevention methods, primarily insecticide treated nets are implemented throughout UNHCR’s operations. Yemen. / UNHCR / R. Nuri / November 2009A baby refugee is sleeping under a mosquito net in a single room hut made from leaves that must shelter a whole family. Gouga village site, The Democratic Republic of The Congo / UNHCR / F.NOY / March 2010At Mazombo school refugee site, refugees stretch mosquito nets side by side with fellows, transforming classrooms in dormitory./ UNHCR / Frederic NOY / February 2010Baby in a mosquito bassinette, Kounoungou camp, eastern Chad / UNHCR / M. Collins / October 2009A 35 years old Mbororo refugee carried two of her children to the dispensary. The one sleeping in her arm is feverish. She suspects malaria. "Since we are registered, things are better. We get food and are able to go to the hospital to get medecines." Cameroon Health Center in Meidougou / UNHCR / F. Noy / October 2009Newly arrived Congolese refugees in south Sudan receive "refugee starter kits" which include food containers, soap, sleeping mats and mosquito nets, among other items. South Sudan / BBC World Service / February 2009A woman in the health centre with her young child in Nakivale Refugee Settlement. Mosquito nets drape the room. Every patient at the Nakivale Refugee Centre is screened for malaria. If a blood test is positive for malaria parasites, the patient is treated with anti-malarials. Mbarara District, South West Uganda / UNHCR / H. Coussidis / 2006A young Sudanese refugee suffering from malaria receives treatment at the UNHCR run Olujobo Health Centre in Arua, Uganda. UNHCR / M. Pearson / September 2005A young Sudanese IDP rests with her child at a health clinic in Seliah, North West Darfur. UNHCR / H. Caux / May 2005