June/July 2010 Winning Moves Sleep under a long-lasting 3 insecticide-treated net every night. 1 Encourage pregnant women 2 to seek ante-natal care. At first signs of fever go GOAL! to a health center for testing. 3 One team. One goal. Together we can stop malaria. WORLD CUP game schedule inside EDITION

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+ interviews, quiz questions and a World Cup schedule Victory is sweet. “If we’re to reach our goal to virtually end malaria deaths, it requires a huge effort from every individual.” – Member of the Ghana football team and UAM Champion

Counter-clockwise from top: Michael Essien, Ghana; Kaká, Brazil; , ; Francesco Totti, ; Aaron Mokoena, South Africa COACH’S TIP: Winning Moves In the 90 minutes it takes to play a football game, 180 children will die At first signs of fever go to a needlessly in Africa from malaria. Knowing the symptoms – fever, health center for testing. headache, fatigue, shivering, nausea and vomiting – can help parents get their children tested and treated in a timely manner.

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • This edition of Goal! was produced by these United Against Malaria partners and sponsors. Photos courtesy of UNFP and Pro-Vision. 2 Know your 1. Malaria is caused by.... a. Eating unripe mango opponent. b. Getting soaked in the rain c. The female anopheles mosquito Test your knowledge

2. When you spot a mosquito in with this quiz. your home, you should.... (answers below) a. Feed it b. Kill it c. Leave it alone

3. Where do mosquitoes lay their 8. When you have a fever, you eggs? should... a. In trees a. Go immediately for a blood test b. In water b. Take an anti-malaria drug c. In food c. Wait and see if you feel better 4. When are you most at risk of 9. True or False: You should stop being bitten? taking malaria medicine as soon a. At night as you feel better. b. In the morning c. During an afternoon nap 10. Which of the following behaviors help prevent malaria? 5. Why do mosquitoes bite? a. Sleeping under a treated a. To drink blood (their food) mosquito net every night b. For the fun of it b. Taking preventive medicine c. In self-defense during pregnancy c. Removing standing water near 6. Who is most vulnerable in the your home face of malaria? d. All of the above a. Men b. Teenagers 11. When is your mosquito net most c. Pregnant women and kids effective? a. When it’s insecticide-treated 7. How long does malaria take to b. When it’s tucked in develop after a bite? c. When it’s free of holes a. A few hours d. All of the above b. A week c. A month 12. Which of the following is not a symptom of malaria? a. Chills b. Runny nose c. Fever d. Nausea

13. Bonus question: Name at least two football players on this page.

answers 9. False. It’s essential that you finish the entire course to clear all the parasites from your body. 1. c. 5. a. 10. d. All of these actions are important. Doing just one of them is not enough to protect yourself. 2. b. 6. c. 11. d. Caring for your net provides longer-lasting protection. Holes may be easily stitched up. 3. b. 7. b. 12. b. Other malaria symptoms include headache, fatigue, joint pain, loss of appetite, and vomiting. 4. a. 8. a. 13. (a) Samuel Eto’o, Cameroon [top to bottom:] (b) Xavi, Spain (c) Gervino, Ivory Coast (d) Yoann Gourcuff, France (e) Joseph Yobo, Nigeria 3 GOAL!

GROUP A Match Date Time Venue Team Score Team Match Date Time Venue Team Score Team 1 11/06 17:00 Johannesburg JSC South Africa ...... / ...... Mexico SECOND ROUND 2 11/06 21:30 Cape Town Uruguay ...... / ...... France 49 26/06 17:00 Nelson Mandela Bay 17 16/06 21:30 Tshwane/Pretoria South Africa ...... / ...... Uruguay 18 17/06 21:30 Polokwane France ...... / ...... Mexico 50 26/06 21:30 Rustenburg 33 22/06 17:00 Rustenburg Mexico ...... / ...... Uruguay 51 27/06 17:00 Bloemfontein 34 22/06 17:00 Bloemfontein France ...... / ...... South Africa 52 27/06 21:30 Johannesburg 53 28/06 17:00 Durban GROUP B 54 28/06 21:30 Johannesburg Match Date Time Venue Team Score Team 55 29/06 17:00 Tshwane/Pretoria 3 12/06 17:00 Johannesburg JEP Argentina ...... / ...... Nigeria Match56 29/06 Date 21:30 Time Cape TownVenue Team Score Team 4 12/06 14:30 Nelson Mandela Bay Korea Republic ...... / ...... 19 17/06 17:00 Bloemfontein Greece ...... / ...... Nigeria 20 17/06 14:30 Johannesburg JSC Argentina ...... / ...... Korea Republic QUARTER FINALS 35 22/06 21:30 Durban Nigeria ...... / ...... Korea Republic 36 22/06 21:30 Polokwane Greece ...... / ...... Argentina 57 2/07 17:00 Nelson Mandela Bay W53 ...... / ...... W54 58 2/07 21:30 Johannesburg W49 ...... / ...... W50 GROUP C 59 3/07 17:00 Cape Town W52 ...... / ...... W51 Match Date Time Venue Team Score Team 60 3/07 21:30 Johannesburg W55 ...... / ...... W56 5 12/06 21:30 Rustenburg England ...... / ...... USA 6 13/06 14:30 Polokwane Algeria ...... / ...... Slovenia SEMI FINALS 37 23/06 17:00 Nelson Mandela Bay Slovenia ...... / ...... England 38 23/06 17:00 Tshwane/Pretoria USA ...... / ...... Algeria 61 6/07 21:30 Cape Town W58 ...... / ...... W57 22 18/06 17:00 Johannesburg JEP Slovenia ...... / ...... USA 62 7/07 21:30 Durban W59 ...... / ...... W60 23 18/06 21:30 Cape Town England ...... / ...... Algeria THIRD PLACE PLAYOFF

GROUP D 63 10/07 21:30 Nelson Mandela Bay L61 ...... / ...... L62 Match Date Time Venue Team Score Team 7 13/06 21:30 Durban Germany ...... / ...... Australia 8 13/06 17:00 Tshwane/Pretoria ...... / ...... Ghana 21 18/06 14:30 Nelson Mandela Bay Germany ...... / ...... Serbia FINAL 24 19/06 17:00 Rustenburg Ghana ...... / ...... Australia 39 23/06 21:30 Johannesburg JSC Ghana ...... / ...... Germany 64 11/07 21:30 Johannesburg W61 ...... / ...... W62 40 23/06 21:30 Nelspruit Australia ...... / ...... Serbia

Join the winning team that will beat malaria!

Sleep under a long-lasting WINNING MOVES insecticide-treated net 3 to beat malaria 1 every night. 4 GOAL!

Match Date Time Venue Team Score Team GROUP E Match Date Time Venue Team Score Team SECOND ROUND 9 14/06 14:30 Johannesburg JSC ...... / ...... Denmark Nelson Mandela Bay 1A ...... / ...... 2B 10 14/06 17:00 Bloemfontein Japan ...... / ...... Cameroon 25 19/06 14:30 Durban Netherlands ...... / ...... Japan Rustenburg 1C ...... / ...... 2D 24 19/06 17:00 Tshwane/Pretoria Cameroon ...... / ...... Denmark Bloemfontein 1D ...... / ...... 2C 39 23/06 21:30 Rustenburg Denmark ...... / ...... Japan Johannesburg 1B ...... / ...... 2A 40 23/06 21:30 Cape Town Cameroon ...... / ...... Netherlands Durban 1E ...... / ...... 2F GROUP F Johannesburg 1G ...... / ...... 2H Tshwane/Pretoria 1F ...... / ...... 2E Match Date Time Venue Team Score Team Italy Paraguay Match Date Time Venue Team Score Team 11 14/06 21:30 Cape Town ...... / ...... Cape Town 1H ...... / ...... 2G 12 15/06 14:30 Rustenburg New Zealand ...... / ...... Slovakia 27 20/06 14:30 Bloemfontein Slovakia ...... / ...... Paraguay QUARTER FINALS 28 20/06 17:00 Nelspruit Italy ...... / ...... New Zealand 41 24/06 17:00 Johannesburg JEP Slovakia ...... / ...... Italy 57 2/07 17:00 Nelson Mandela Bay W53 ...... / ...... W54 42 24/06 17:00 Polokwane Paraguay ...... / ...... New Zealand 58 2/07 21:30 Johannesburg W49 ...... / ...... W50 59 3/07 17:00 Cape Town W52 ...... / ...... W51 GROUP G 60 3/07 21:30 Johannesburg W55 ...... / ...... W56 Match Date Time Venue Team Score Team 13 15/06 17:00 Nelson Mandela Bay Côte d’Ivoire ...... / ...... Portugal SEMI FINALS 14 15/06 21:30 Johannesburg JEP Brazil ...... / ...... Korea DPR 29 20/06 21:30 Johannesburg JSC Brazil ...... / ...... Côte d’Ivoire 61 6/07 21:30 Cape Town W58 ...... / ...... W57 30 21/06 14:30 Cape Town Portugal ...... / ...... Korea DPR 62 7/07 21:30 Durban W59 ...... / ...... W60 45 25/06 17:00 Durban Portugal ...... / ...... Brazil 46 25/06 17:00 Nelspruit Korea DPR ...... / ...... Côte d’Ivoire THIRD PLACE PLAYOFF GROUP H 63 10/07 21:30 Nelson Mandela Bay L61 ...... / ...... L62 Match Date Time Venue Team Score Team 15 16/06 14:30 Nelspruit Honduras ...... / ...... Chile 16 16/06 17:00 Durban Spain ...... / ...... Switzerland FINAL 31 21/06 17:00 Nelson Mandela Bay Chile ...... / ...... Switzerland 32 21/06 21:30 Johannesburg JEP Spain ...... / ...... Honduras 64 11/07 21:30 Johannesburg W61 ...... / ...... W62 47 25/06 21:30 Tshwane/Pretoria Chile ...... / ...... Spain 48 25/06 21:30 Bloemfontein Switzerland ...... / ...... Honduras

Join the winning team that will beat malaria!

Sleep under a long-lasting Encourage pregnant At first signs of fever, insecticide-treated net women to seek go to a health center every night. 2 ante-natel care. 3 for testing.

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Into the Net Q&Awith Have you ever had malaria? Kolo Touré I have had malaria on a number Member of the Ivory Coast of occasions in my life. The last football team and UAM time was during pre-season with Champion Arsenal in 2008. Personally I was lucky because I was only ill for a few days, but it’s often more serious among children. I have known several families back home who have suffered terribly from malaria.

How serious is malaria? The scale of the problem in Africa is huge. On average a child dies about every 30 seconds – that’s 900,000 per year. This is an extremely important issue.

What would it mean if malaria could be ended? Ending malaria would help to provide Africa with a brighter future, a stronger economy and more good footballers. Hopefully some of the youngsters learning football today will end up playing in a World Cup, like me! “I make sure that Do you think the World Cup can focus attention on malaria? my son sleeps I hope people will understand that the World Cup is about more under a mosquito than just football. For one month the world’s attention will be on the net every night.” continent of Africa and we must use this time to highlight some of the issues that Africa faces, like malaria. – Chiquinho Conde Former member of the What are the chances for Côte d’Ivoire in the World Cup? Mozambique football team and We’ve got a talented squad. If we can get past the knockout round, who knows? UAM Champion

COACH’S TIP: Winning Moves Long-lasting Sleep under a long-lasting insecticide-treated insecticide-treated net every night. nets (LLINs) save lives. Score a goal by making sure “My job is to put the ball in the net. Your nets are treated with insecticide, hung job is to make sure that your family properly, tucked in, sleeps under a net. Don’t let malaria ruin and free of holes. your future. Sleep under – Frédéric Kanouté an insecticide-treated net Member of the Mali football team and UAM Champion every night.”

6 LLIN COACH’S TIP: LLIN Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) is normally offered as part of ante-natal care (ANC), where pregnant Taking women receive two to three doses of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine (SP). The sooner a pregnant woman receives ANC, the more she the Lead will know about modern treatments and the fewer chances she will have of contracting malaria during her pregnancy. Chris Katongo Captain of the Zambia football team and UAM Champion

National Team: Zambia (the Chipolopolo Boys) Club Team: Arminia Bielefeld, Germany Family: Wife Yvonne, two sons and a daughter “Always remember we On Malaria at Home: Chris recalls how his older cannot let malaria kill our son once caught malaria in Zambia but didn’t start showing symptoms until the family had dreams. We must protect returned to Europe––where he says doctors our pregnant women from didn’t have the proper treatment. Now the malaria. They must take Katongos always carry malaria medicine with them and sleep under bednets when they are in Zambia. their SP and sleep under On Malaria on the Pitch: “As a team we are treated nets. Let’s kick well aware of the dangers of malaria and talk malaria out!” about it often,” Chris says. “If one of us falls ill from the disease he is not able to play and the whole – Stephen Appiah squad suffers. That’s why it’s critical that we all do Captain of the Ghana football our part to fight this preventable disease.” team and UAM Champion

Winning Moves Encourage pregnant women to seek ante-natal care.

with Q&A Why does malaria matter? UAM Partners – Leodegar Tenga No African team has ever won the World on the Pitch: Chair of the Council for East and Central Africa Cup, and I am positive our success on Tanzania Football Association, President of the Tanzania the football field has been severely held Football Federation, and UAM Champion Chelsea FC back by malaria. More important, though, Ghana is the impact malaria has on our friends and families. I believe it is our duty as national football teams to do all we can to Mali help stop deaths from this disease. I would ask my counterparts to do just one Uganda thing this year – to help educate the public on the dangers of malaria. Zambia Angola How does malaria affect your players? On the average we have four to five cases of malaria each time our national FC Barcelona team assembles for a match. A player with malaria cannot train. United States Ireland How do you protect your players? Ivory Coast We have taken measures to test our national team players frequently. And those A Team found with malaria parasites are given the right medicine. But most importantly, Nigeria we have educated our players and have made sure that they take the necessary Cameroon Effort preventive measures, including sleeping under nets. Mozambique

7 From left to right: Tico-Tico, Mozambique (in red); Benni McCarthy, South Africa; Wayne Rooney, England; Fernando Torres, Spain, Nwanko Kanu, Nigeria; , Brazil

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“Ordinarily, elimination United Against Malaria is a partnership of football is a word that no teams and heroes, celebrities, health and advocacy organizations, governments, corporations, and individuals who have united ahead of professional soccer the 2010 World Cup in South Africa to win the fight against malaria. player likes to hear. Our goal is to galvanize partners throughout the world to reach the But when it comes to United Nations target of universal access to mosquito nets and malaria malaria, it’s the most medicine in Africa by the end of 2010, a crucial first step to reaching the international target of reducing deaths to near zero by 2015. worthwhile goal there is. United, we can defeat malaria.” – Landon Donovan We have the tools Member of the U.S. football team and UAM Champion and the momentum. Now we need You.

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