Insecticide-treated bed-nets 'working' in fight against malaria

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It is one of the world's biggest killers. In parts of Africa a child dies from malaria every minute.

Now the World Health Organisation says significant progress is being made against the disease thanks, partly, to a campaign of using insecticide-treated bed-nets.

But some countries have a long way to go to bring malaria under control.

Andrew Harding reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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