Nigeria: Fifa U-17 World Cup - Eaglets Will Be Difficult

Bauchi — Coach of Argentine team, José Luis Brown has declared that the Golden Eaglets will be a hard nut to crack as both teams clash today in the on-going FIFA U-17 World Cup at Bauchi Stadium.

Brown, who spoke to Journalists shortly after his lads had a feel of the artificial turf of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Memorial Stadium venue of the their match said: "Nigeria and Argentina play same attacking pattern of football and are most dangerous in the counter-attack, so it will be a very difficult game."

The Argentine tactician who spoke through an interpreter said he watched the Eaglets played their last two matches in Abuja and concluded that they are difficult side to understand.

"Eaglets play as a team and are seen virtually in every position but I am confident that my boys will hold the Eaglets well.

When reminded that in the last edition of the competition in Korea two years ago, the Nigerians ran away with victory and went ahead to win the trophy, a confident Luis Brown said: "Nigeria beat Argentina then, but today it is going to be a different ball game all together. Our mission here in Nigeria is to win the cup and no team, not even Nigeria can stand on our way to victory. We have won two matches and we will do everything tactically possible to top the group.

Campaign Kicks Off Across Africa to End Malaria Ahead of World Cup Leaders, Sport Stars, Businesses Join Campaign

Addis Abeba — High-profile figures from the world of sport, politics, non-governmental organizations, global health, and business, came together in Addis Ababa yesterday to show their support and to launch the United Against Malaria campaign across Africa.

United Against Malaria is a partnership of leaders, organizations, and sporting stars that have joined forces ahead of the historic hosting of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in 2010. Initiators said the objective is to turn the tide on a disease that kills an African child every thirty seconds by the next World Cup in 2014.

The campaign aims to change people's behavior by encouraging families to sleep under nets and take other steps to beat the disease. It also aims to drive concrete action from African corporate and political leaders to tackle malaria in the run up to the World Cup in South Africa, they added.

Ethiopia has achieved great success in the fight against malaria; organizers said in a statement adding that the country was therefore selected to be a place to kick-off a series of regional launches that will culminate at the World Cup Draw in Cape Town, South Africa on December 4.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom, Minister of Health of Ethiopia indicated that in Ethiopia, though the rapid expansion of control efforts, the lowest number of malaria cases was reported in 2007, the lowest number in the period 2001-2007.

The minister who also chairs the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria said Africa has made good progress on malaria but puts how to sustain and build on these gains as the challenge the continent is facing now.

"We have seen that in just two years and through concerted efforts, malaria deaths have been reduced by more than 50 percent in countries like Eritrea, Rwanda and Zambia." To halt and reverse the incidence of malaria, according to the minister, is not only a specific Millennium development goal target, but it is also essential to improving maternal and child health, improving education and significantly reducing poverty.

"Through immediate action and with concerted effort, we can achieve unprecedented increases in mosquito net coverage across Africa to save millions of lives by the next world cup in 2014" he added.

"Malaria kills a child every thirty seconds. That is 180 young Africans needlessly dying in the time it takes to play a football match," said Kwesi Nyantakyi, President of the Ghanaian Football Association. "I am proud that the first World Cup staged on African soil will be used to turn the tide on this killer disease. I am firmly United Against Malaria" Ethiopian Olympic Champion and world Marathon record holder Haile Gebreselassie, who attended the launching event here at the Sheraton, said he was very excited to be part of the campaign. "Today marks a historic day in the race to meet our shared commitment to beating malaria. If we are to reach our ambitious goal to virtually end malaria deaths it requires a huge effort from every individual. Every single person in Africa can be a hero in this campaign by simply sleeping under a net," Haile added.

As part of the worldwide launch, the United Against Malaria Team will be led by 12-year-old Charles Ssali, a malaria survivor and top footballer in his age group in his native Uganda, one of the top five malaria endemic countries in the world. Charles will travel from Ethiopia to New York and Brussels before arriving in South Africa ahead of the World Cup draw. His goal will be to secure the support of public and private sector leaders for the campaign and gather signatures on a football that will be presented to African leaders.

"I love football, but I hate malaria. I love playing football with my friends, but sometimes my friends are too sick from malaria to play." Charles said.

The Ethiopian and Ghanaian Football Associations used the occasion to announce that they, together with their Tanzanian, Ugandan and Zambian counterparts, are joining the campaign which is endorsed by FIFA.

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China plays key role in developing African infrastructure

As senior officials from China and African countries are gathering in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to prepare for the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation to be held on Nov. 8 to 9, African countries are heaping praises on China for the key role it has played in developing the continent's infrastructure.

Poor infrastructure, including roads, railways, electricity, waterways and air among others, has become one of the bottlenecks to Africa's rapid growth and development.

Most of the transportation systems the African countries are using were built in the colonial era and they have not changed much. The poor infrastructure in most African countries has had a negative impact on the continent's development.

African countries have already recognized that infrastructure is a prerequisite for increasing intra-African trade, internal circulation of people and goods but they lack the necessary money to invest in the sector.

At the African Union (AU) summit held at the beginning of this year, infrastructure development was high on the agenda. At the summit, African presidents cited poor infrastructure as one of the major obstacles in efforts to raise the quality of life of the continent's people.

In the past 50 more years, China has actively aided and participated in the infrastructure building in the continent. China has helped Africa construct more than 500 infrastructure projects, including more than 2,000 km of railways, more than 3,000 km highways and scores of stadiums across the continent.

The landmark projects of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway, the Egyptian International Conference Center and the Port of Friendship in Mauritania among others are playing their important roles in the development of local economies.

Chinese President Hu Jintao, on behalf of the Chinese government, announced at the 2006 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) that China would further expand aid scale to Africa by 2009 so that the scale of aid to African countries could be increased by one fold more than in 2006.

China promised to set up 10 special agricultural technology demonstration centers in Africa and they are now all under construction.

China also promised to aid African countries in building 28 hospitals and 16 of them have been now under construction.

At the request of African countries, China promised to aid them in building 126 schools in rural areas, including building 96new schools and providing teaching equipment to 30 schools. The construction of 91 out of the 96 new schools will be completed by the end of 2009. The construction of the rest five will start at the end of 2009.

African countries and organizations have spoken highly of the role China has played in developing the continent's infrastructure and improving the quality of life of the African people.

Malaria prevention in Africa

Malaria is a serious mosquito born disease found in many tropical and sub-tropical low lying and swampy areas of Africa, mostly Central Africa, East and North Africa, but also the Northern and Eastern areas of Southern Africa, along a 100 km strip along the borders with Zimbabwe and Mozambique or Maputo.

Many safe prophylactic malaria medicines are available. Drug-resistant strains of Malaria occurs in certain of the East African countries, resistant strains of Malaria necessitate the taking of a combination of pills to be effective. To be effective, Malaria pills must be taken before-hand at the prescribed dosage. Pills taken after infection, is only partially effective at best.

The first signs of this disease are headaches and recurring fevers that star about 2 weeks after infection. The drug resistant forms of the disease can be deadly when not recognised and treated in time. Always inform your GP of the fact that you had visited a foreign country, if you develop any disease or symptoms when you return. Much of the practice of medicine is still based on intelligent guessing, but then your doctor or GP must have all the facts.

Judicious use of insect repellent sprays or sticks, which may not always be obtainable in remote places or countries, sleeping under a proper mosquito net and avoidance of areas near open stretches of water at dusk, dawn and night when mosquitoes are at their most active, can go a long way towards warding off this dreadful disease which can cause a period of debilitating illness.

In order to be infected by Malaria, you need three things:

* A female Anopheles mosquito,

* Who had dined on an already infected carrier?

* exposed skin on your body

There is little you can do about the first two items other than avoiding the area where these mosquitos’ occur, but repellent spray and use of proper netting will give you the upper hand.