At a glance: Congo

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New national policy in Congo provides free malaria treatment to the most vulnerable
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo, 28 July 2008 – At 8 o'clock in the evening, Monique ran through the streets requesting assistance from her neighbours. Her three-year-old daughter Lana was convulsing and her breathing was laboured. Later, at the health centre, the doctor on duty diagnosed the child with cerebral malaria and prescribed life-saving drugs for Lana.

On track to stop malaria: Congolese railroad helps UNICEF deliver 300,000 bednets
POINTE NOIRE, Republic of Congo, 13 August 2007 – It all started with an excess of malaria-carrying mosquitoes and a generous but bulky donation of insecticide-treated bed nets to prevent the killer disease  –  plus a country with few paved roads and a population in need, living in inaccessible rebel-held areas.