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TRANSLATING THE MDGs INTO A MODEL LAW ON POVERTY REDUCTION
AND THE FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA
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Promotion in Spain of the MDG/PRL campaign and the mosquito repellent project for the fight against malaria in Africa
from 21 to 28 November 2010
Afric'Forum – a non-governmental organization based in Bilbao, Spain – invited ACECI to present the issues of the MDG campaign / PRL and the project to produce mosquito repellents in Africa, based on local and renewable resources.
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From left to right: Isabel Gonzalez (Afric'Forum), Zechariah Sawadogo (Chairman Afric'Forum), Jano Diez (Afric'Forum), Gregory Patience (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal), Ginette Karirekinyana (ACECI) Jokin Garate (GAIA), Omer Oke (Afric'Forum).
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GAIA is an association of Small and Medium enterprises. Already operating in India in the field of anti-malaria using bed sheets impregnated with microcapsules containing mosquito repellent, GAIA - Asociación de Industrias de las Tecnologías Electrónicas y la Información del País Vasco - is interested in partnering with ACECI.
The photograph below was taken in the Basque Parliament where Ms. Karirekinyana described the advocacy campaign on MDGs / PRL before the Committee on Human Rights (November 24):
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Besides a live radio interview, ACECI was invited to give a conference in Bilbao, November 25 2010, to present the anti-malaria program in the context of the Millennium Development Goals
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Prof. Gregory Patience gave a radio interview on the Radio Popular de Bilbao (in Spanish). |
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Campaign
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poverty reduction law |
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