“Having worked closely with President Yar’Adua to implement Nigeria’s National Malaria Control Program, I am saddened to learn of his passing. President Yar’Adua was determined to put Nigeria, which bears the world’s greatest malaria burden, on track to end malaria deaths by 2015, and in 2009 alone, his administration protected one third of the population with mosquito nets. His exemplary commitment to saving millions of lives will not be forgotten.”
Ray Chambers, May 6, 2010