“No one should die of malaria. We are here to save people from dying of malaria,” said former US President Bill Clinton in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday.  He was in the Tanzanian capital to speak at the launch of an Artemisinin based Combination Therapies (ACT) pilot program. 95 % of the drug cost will be subsidized to make the drug available to even the poorest people.

The program is a joint effort of the Clinton Foundation for HIV/AIDS Initiative joins, the government of Tanzania, Population Services International (PSI) and receives support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

In the two pilot regions, an ACT dose  will be available for about 25 dollar cents in government hospitals, compared to 10 dollars at private chemists.