just north of that, there are parts of zambia where you can now count cases in district on your hands and maybe hands and toes. that is no. new. the speed of innovation has got us thinking about what it takes to do elimination. the other area of sub-saharan africa is west africa including san magaw --senegal which has districts over the past year were they have had trouble finding any malaria. this elimination happens in these countries step by step, district by district of but both senegalk and gambia are talking about how they can work across their borders. outside of africa, in the americas, there has been incredible progress. if you look country by country particularly in central america but also in south america, we're not very far away. we're talking about a few debts left. --deaths left. mexico is a huge place for u.s. visitors to go on holiday and will use to identify that we would recommend from the u.s. that our citizens take prophylaxis when they go to mexico and that was the largest number use of prophylaxis for members of our country. that malaria in mexico is almost gone

for example we have been working in zambia a lot. zambia has district by district regularly updated numbers as to how many nets they haven't stopped. how many nets are in households. how many they anticipate needing to replace in the coming year and with the resources are. i will just highlight one challenge in the midst of that and that is unfortunately, it's the ups and downs of funding that determine that tranche of insecticide treated nets that come to the countries. if the country doesn't have the money to procure, they hold off and because this is so seasonally tied in many places, if you miss one season you allow your entire population to just be inadequately protected for that season. so one of the challenges for the countries has been to take that information and try to match it with some consistent funding so that they have got supplies when they need them. >> thank you very much. so, the question, just listening to your answer, really has a lot to do with the matter in which the individual countries have worked on their he

i was in zambia earlier this year looking at china's empire in africa trying to understand it. a lot of young men from china are in africa at theoment trying to make money. they don't plan to stay there but they'll tell you i can make three times in zambia than i can back in china. if iork sev days a week for two or three years and go back i have a better chance with the girls. that's a fascinating story. >> rose: i ao know people in the united states thinking if i had... if i was living my life over i'd move to china after getting my diploma. >> one of the questions i get from harvard students these days is what do i do next? >> rose: history students or business school studts? >> history students, actually. for the undergraduates it's no long immediately obvious that they should go to business school. increasingly they're saying should by learning chinese? >> rose: what do you say? >> wl, one wayf answering this question is to say, look, what made the west very successful included very, very good institutions. the rule of law was bette here than elsewhere and therefore it was

>> reporter: just down the road the university teaching hospital is the only cancer hospital in zambiave beyond her years. how are you doing, your health? >> i'm fine. i can tell myself that. >> reporter: do you appreciate things more? >> very much. i see people on the television, people who are suffering and now like i'm suffering, this is my time to suffer and i'm just accepting it. >> reporter: her mom says this hospital is a gift. >> we are lucky this time we have this facilities. we never used to have the facilities to treat cancer in our country previously. now at least we have hope. ♪ >> reporter: there's hope, too, at the chicken bousso women and orphan's project. its name means remembrance. in zambia, widows once facing a life of poverty and isolation from the same of hiv learn to sew and bring in an income. orphans receive a free education. hello! >> hello! >> reporter: are you in school? >> yes. >> reporter: all of you? >> yes. >> reporter: do you like it? >> yes. >> reporter: emily, like so many other women here, lost her husband to aids. shunned by her neighbors and her fa

last week a necessity international said it asked zambia -- the family met with the peace corp groupsn zambia and visits an orphanage. >>> today the founder of wikileaks will try to avoid extradition. tomorrow he plans to ask a judge to let him take his case to the supreme court. if his request is denied, he could be sent to stockholm in a few days. >>> the recall is being expanded to 273,000 vehicles. the company says the driver's side air bag may inflate with too much pressure in a crash. and when deployed the air bag sent metal and plastic pieces flying which could cause injuries or death. >> a recall is not unusual but i think when there is a lot of vehicles involved and that the type of problem is literally in your face. i think that gets a lot of people's attention. >> the cause for the recall is the use of incorrect material in the chemical used to deploy the air bags. it effects the accord, civic, odyssey and others manufactured in 2001 and 2002. >>> california high speed rail authority is spending millions of dollars to improve its image. they spent $7.2 million on regional o

. >> here comes zambia, day two. ready to land. we arrive in the capital city. >> hi! warm welcome from a fiercely proud people who hold traditions close. from there we travel to the george urban health center a clinic which battles hiv and cervical cancer. we meet nipile. her name means gift and she says her gift on this day her newborn baby girl. >> reporter: how long ago was she born? >> two hours. >> reporter: two hours ago? how long have you known you have hiv? health care workers here say ten years ago every baby in this ward would have been born hiv positive. today it's just one in 20. they promise to fight for a better future and an aids free generation. and so on this day they sing a song of hope and celebration. as we witness the gift they hold most precious -- life. tomorrow on "today" we'll interview some inspiring young women who say that they are the future leaders of zambia. it was an amazing trip. >> incredible. just looking at the maternity care that woman's baby had been born two hours prior and the amount of time she has in the hospital is what? >> e

i grew up in zambia, and know the courageous spirit of the people that you are trying to help.ate the fact that this is not just a handout but an opportunity for the people to work together to help each other. giving the resources to create the jobs allows the workers to become productive and contributing members of the community. it also allows the people involved to experience a genuine feeling of self-worth for the children, it is an opportunity that they will all seize. my husband and i have donated four desks again this year and will continue to keep this program as our charitable contribution. and finally there was this. from david sappyer. watched your video today with my son joe. i always try to instill in my two boys just how well we have it and how important it is to keep our own disappointments in perspective. that we have a responsibility to help others who are far less fortunate than we are. thank you for helping me reach my son. he said we should give whatever we could afford. we gave five desks. david, as parents we're always looking for those teachable moments f

>> reporter: just down the road the university teaching hospital is the only cancer hospital in zambiaond her years. how are you doing, your health? >> i'm fine. i can tell myself that. >> reporter: do you appreciate things more? >> very much. i see people on the television, people who are suffering and now like i'm suffering, this is my time to suffer and i'm just accepting it. >> reporter: her mom says this hospital is a gift. >> we are lucky this time we have this facilities. we never used to have the facilities to treat cancer in our country previously. now at least we have hope. ♪ >> reporter: there's hope, too, at the chicken bousso women and orphan's project. its name means remembrance. in zambia, widows once facing a life of poverty and isolation from the same of hiv learn to sew and bring in an income. orphans receive a free education. hello! >> hello! >> reporter: are you in school? >> yes. >> reporter: all of you? >> yes. >> reporter: do you like it? >> yes. >> reporter: emily, like so many other women here, lost her husband to aids. shunned by her neighbors and her family,

. >> here comes zambia, day two. ready to land. we arrive in the capital city. >> hi!from a fiercely proud people who hold traditions close. from there we travel to the george urban health center a clinic which battles hiv and cervical cancer. we meet nipile. her name means gift and she says her gift on this day her newborn baby girl. >> reporter: how long ago was she born? >> two hours. >> reporter: two hours ago? how long have you known you have hiv? health care workers here say ten years ago every baby in this ward would have been born hiv positive. today it's just one in 20. they promise to fight for a better future and an aids free generation. and so on this day they sing a song of hope and celebration. as we witness the gift they hold most precious -- life. tomorrow on "today" we'll interview some inspiring young women who say that they are the future leaders of zambia. it was an amazing trip. >> incredible. just looking at the maternity care that woman's baby had been born two hours prior and the amount of time she has in the hospital is what? >> eight hours. >>

rwanda and zambia have been positive -- have seen positive results to malaria control intervention asl with rwanda increasing the percentage of its population using that deaths of 7% efforts to provide bed nets indoor residuals bring tremendous education are making a dramatic difference as our global partners are working to address drug quality and control concerns. the who three qualifications of essential medicines have been shown to be an effective mechanism to reduce the abundance of the drugs on the market in countries that have a weak domestic regulatory authority. in response to finding -- to findings of substandard quality and anti malaria's in africa who has suggested it assist in implementing key recommendations to empower countries to improve regulations at the country level all of the tremendous progress we have made in the fight against malaria would not be possible without the united states and our global partnership. however, all of the groundwork that the united states and international community has made in this fight currently is at risk. there are those in congress

for example, we have been working in zambia a lot. they have district by district regularly updated numbers as to how many nets that have on stock, how many are in households, how many they anticipate needing to replace in the coming year. and what the resources are. and unfortunately is the ups and downs of findings that determined that tron insecticide treated nets that come to the country. so that the country does not have the money to procure and a hold of. because this is so seasonably tied in many places, if you miss one season, you allow your entire population to inadequately protected for that season. one of the challenges for the country is to take them formation and try to match it with some consistent funding so they have supplies when they need them. >> thank you very much. so the question really has a lot to do with the manner in which the individual countries have worked on their health systems, delivery systems, and how have your organization's work with the basic things that you mentioned, keeping the inventory, making

we will be doing the red ribbon campaign in zambia tomorrow. working to extend the reach with the cervical cancer initiative. women with hiv are more likely to get to vocal cancer and is not acceptable -- like the to get cervical cancer and it is not acceptable. the front line of the battle against hiv/aids, tanzania -- today, barbara and i it and laura and jetta are pleased to see the great success of pe petfar. we were able to call the little baby that likely five years would have died or had contracted aids. there's nothing more joyful than to hold in your arms a 2-year- old child who has benefited from the grassroots efforts here in tanzania and the enormous generosity of the american people. we went to where the entrepreneur used her business to teacher customers about hiv/aids and where to get help and how to prevent it. we are at the ocean road cancer institute, which normally deals with aids, but also deals with cervical cancer associated with aids. world aids day is a fabulous time to say thanks to the thousands of people who are motiv