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Press releases 2007
Malaria community applauds Clinton $1 billion a year pledge; invites other candidates to make malaria commitments
Press Release, 29.11.2007
RBM Partnership
U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today pledged to expand the U.S. government commitment to malaria to US$1 billion a year if elected, setting the goal of ending malaria-related deaths in Africa by the end of her second term. The campaign said this funding would be in addition to U.S. government support of malaria control through the World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, which finances the majority of malaria control efforts around the world.
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Global malaria community in Ethiopia to plan intensified battle against disease
Press Release, 28.11.2007
RBM Partnership
Health Ministers, heads of agencies, philanthropists, and many of the world's leading institutions in the global fight against malaria are meeting in Addis this week to endorse approaches to escalate malaria prevention, treatment and care and achieve high level coverage with malaria control over much of the African continent.
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Southern Africa Regional Network (SARN) launched at Elephant Hills, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, and 23rd November, 2007
Press Release, 23.11.2007
SADC
The Southern Africa Regional Network (SARN) was launched in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe on 23 November 2007.
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Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announces record figure of US $471 million for malaria
Press Release, 12.11.2007
RBM Partnership
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today announced a total of US $471 million for malaria control over the next two years - the largest amount approved for malaria control in a single round of grant-making.
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World Bank Group Report on Malaria in Africa Highlights Progress Towards Goal of Significantly Reducing Malaria Deaths
Press Release, 11.10.2007
The World Bank
A new World Bank report says in just two years nearly 20 million long lasting insecticidal nets and more than 15 million doses of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) are on course to be distributed under the World Bank Booster Program for Malaria Control in Africa. The Progress Report on the Booster Program for Malaria Control, says about 240 million people - including more than 42 million children under age five and nearly 10 million pregnant women - are in areas covered by the Booster Program projects.
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Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium applauds Tanzania's progress in rolling back malaria
Press Release, 4.10.2007
RBM Partnership
Her Royal Highness (HRH) Princess Astrid of Belgium applauded Tanzania for the considerable gains made in the fight against malaria. Speaking at a meeting of Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partners on the last day of her visit to Tanzania as RBM Special Representative, HRH Princess Astrid said she was struck by the extraordinary commitment shown by healthworkers and partners working in malaria control.
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Roll Back Malaria Special Representative Princess Astrid of Belgium delivers insecticide-treated nets to primary school children
Press Release, 2.10.2007
RBM Partnership
Roll Back Malaria's first Royal Special Representative (HRH) Princess Astrid of Belgium handed out a thousand insecticide treated nets to school children today.
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Roll Back Malaria Executive Director and HRH Princess Astrid of Belgium visit
United Republic of Tanzania to encourage more action against malaria
Press Release, 30.09.2007
RBM Partnership
The Executive Director of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM)
Partnership, Dr Awa Coll-Seck, and Her Royal Highness (HRH) Princess Astrid of Belgium,
in her new capacity as Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Special Representative, arrived in the United
Republic of Tanzania today to increase global support for the fight against malaria.
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RBM Joins the International Community in Celebrating the First Anniversary of UNITAID
Press Release, 20.09.2007
RBM Partnership
The Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM) today called for celebration of the first anniversary of UNITAID, an international drug purchase facility launched in September 2006.
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Millennium Development Goals for Malaria : Reaching the Halfway Point
Press Release, 4.07.2007
RBM Partnership
Boosting the fight against malaria will contribute towards attaining 6 out of 8 Millennium Development Goals.
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RBM Partnership "Mock Technical Review" of over 24 country proposals
Press Release, 12.06.2007
RBM Partnership
Roll Back Malaria, the global partnership to fight malaria,
completed today the second of three steps in a campaign to improve the quality of proposals
from sub-Saharan African countries to the Global Fund by holding a "mock Technical
Review" of over 24 country proposals.
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Roll Back Malaria Partners set ambitious financial targets for 19 African countries fighting malaria
Press Release, 23.04.2007
Roll Back Malaria Partnership and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
On the occasion of Africa Malaria Day - April 25th, the Roll Back Malaria Partnership announced its target to secure a 50% success rate for malaria grant applications globally and 80% success for 19 or more countries in Africa for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria's seventh round of funding.
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[View RBM Partners' Press Releases on the occasion of the Africa Malaria Day 2007]
- UN News Centre:
UN-backed partnership sets ambitious funding targets to combat malaria
- The Global Fund:
Africa Malaria Day Statement from the Executive Director of the Global Fund Michel Kazatchkine
- WHO/AFRO:
Dr Sambo Urges More Support to African Countries to Fight Malariaa
- DFID:
Bed nets reduce risk of miscarriage by one third in Africa
- UNICEF:
African Malaria Day 2007 pushes for global awareness and action
- World Bank:
Boosting the Fight Against Malaria in Africa
- MMV:
Africa Malaria Day 2007: Partnerships Hold the Key
- PATH:
PATH commemorates Africa Malaria Day
- AMREF:
Make community the leader in the fight against malaria, says AMREF on Africa Malaria Day
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation:
Africa Malaria Day: Send a Net, Save a Life
- MMV:
Africa Malaria Day 2007: Partnerships Hold the Key
- MSF:
Welt-Malaria-Tag 2007
Malaria Day - 2007
- Coalition Against Malaria Ethiopia :
Joint Press Release for the Commemoration of the Africa Malaria Day 2007 By Federal Ministry of Health And Malaria Control Support Team (MCST)
- UK Coalition Against Malaria :
Ambassadors and High Commissioners join UK Parliamentarians and UK CAM to mark Africa Malaria Day 2007
- EMVI :
AFRICA MALARIA DAY, 25 April 2007
- EDCTP :
25th April 2007: EDCTP commemorates Africa Malaria Day
- Deutsches Rotes Kreuz:
Afrika-Malaria-Tag 2007: Start der "Europäischen Allianz gegen Malaria"
- IFRC:
22,000 new children a day protected from malaria by Red Cross/Red Crescent societies and their partners in 2006
- PSI:
Rwanda: Partnership for Africa Malaria Day
- Voices for a malaria free future:
Anti-Malaria Organizations Issue a Joint Statement Calling for $3 Billion Globally to Effectively Control Malaria
- The American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross kicks-off "Fight the Bite" campaign for Malaria Awareness Day
- PMI:
Africa Malaria Day | Malaria Awareness Day
- US Department of State :
U.S. Urges More Support for Malaria Prevention, Treatment
- CDC:
Malaria Awareness
- JHMRI:
Malaria Awareness Day
- JHPIEGO:
JHPIEGO commemorates Africa Malaria Day —25 April 2007
- Malaria No More:
Malaria No More and The White House Ensure Record Protection Against Malaria in Africa
- US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases:
Statement of B. F. (Lee) Hall, M.D., Ph.D., and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health on Africa Malaria Day and Malaria Awareness Day April 25, 2007
- GBC:
Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC) Coordinates Public-Private Partnership to Distribute 500,000 Anti-Malarial Bed Nets in Zambia
- ExxonMobil:
ExxonMobil to Commemorate Africa Malaria Day 2007
- CIDA:
Canada leads efforts to provide life-saving malaria bednets to Africa
- SciDev.Net:
Africa should pursue a home-grown malaria vaccine
- Episcopal Relief and Development:
Episcopal Relief and Development celebrates Africa Malaria Day 2007
- PNILP and Ministry of Health of Rwanda:
Rwanda Hosts the 2007 Africa Malaria Day Regional Commemorative Event [in French]
- AFM:
AFM Africa Malaria Day Analysis
- SADC:
Statement by the Executive Secretary of SADC, Dr Tomaz Salomão, on Africa Malaria Day 25 April 2007
- GreenDimes:
From Trees to Nets: GreenDimes Announces Partnership with The United Nations Foundation
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Global Malaria Community Kick Starts Campaign to Secure Additional
Resources
Press Release, 2.04.2007
RBM Partnership
Roll Back Malaria, the global partnership to fight malaria, today
launched a campaign to improve the quality of proposals from sub-Saharan African countries to the
Global Fund. In 2006, just over one-quarter of all malaria control proposals submitted to the Global
Fund from sub-Saharan African countries were considered worthy of financing by the Technical
Review Panel, an independent expert panel assembled to assess the proposals.
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Experts Discuss Malaria Research Strengthening in Africa
Press Release, 26.03.2007
WHO/AFRO
Experts, researchers and malaria control programme managers are meeting in Brazzaville from 26-30 March under the auspices of the Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM), the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa. The five-day meeting brings together researchers, implementers, as well as WHO and its partners to exchange information on MIM-supported malaria research; discuss critical needs in capacity for malaria research, and identify mechanisms for strengthening MIM's role in supporting research capacity in Africa.
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All-Party Parliamentary Malaria Group (APPMG)
The Second Report "Financing Mechanisms for Malaria"
Press Release, 15.03.2007
HOUSE OF COMMONS: The All-Party Parliamentary Malaria Group
Rt. Hon Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for International Development, will launch
the second report by the All-Party Parliamentary Malaria Group, (APPMG)
"Financing Mechanisms for Malaria", at the All-Party Parliamentary Malaria
Group's meeting, Chaired by Stephen O'Brien MP, on 15th March, at 11.30am, in
Committee Room 10, House of Commons.
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Top African Singer Launches New Foundation to Fight Malaria
Press Release, 15.03.2007
Princess of Africa Foundation and World Bank
Leading South African singer, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, known throughout the region as the 'Princess of Africa,' today launched a new foundation to improve accountability and transparency in the use of funds dedicated to fighting malaria on the continent, one of the key recommendations from a UK All Party Parliamentary Malaria Group (APPMG) report on financing, which is being launched in London today by the UK Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn.
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Private Sector Forum Increases Corporate Response to Malaria
Press Release, 13.03.2007
Corporate, NGO and government leaders engaged in a variety of malaria prevention, treatment, advocacy and financing programs gathered in Washington, D.C. at the Brookings Institution on Monday to address the growing malaria epidemic, which claims 1.3 million lives and afflicts 500 million more lives every year.
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New, Once-a-Day Fixed-Dose Combination Against Malaria Now Available
Press Release, 1.03.2007
DNDi and Sanofi Aventis
Sanofi-aventis and the non-profit Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) announced today that ASAQ, the new fixed-dose combination of artesunate (AS) and amodiaquine (AQ), will soon be available throughout sub-Saharan Africa. ASAQ is the first drug developed by the FACT (Fixed-dose, Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy) partners, managed by DNDi in partnership with sanofi-aventis
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Soroptimists Roll Back Malaria
Comminiquée de prese, 15.02.2007
OMS, Benin
La lutte contre le paludisme est reconnue par les experts comme l'un des quatre moyens les plus
efficaces par rapport au coût, pour combattre la pauvreté dans le monde. Le projet annuel sélectionné
par l'actuelle Présidente du Soroptimist International, Lynn Dunning s'intitule "Les Soroptimistes font
reculer le paludisme" pour aider aux femmes et contribuer au développement.
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Friends of The Global Fund Africa Officially Launched
Press Release, 12.02.2007
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The Board of Friends of the Global Fund Africa (Friends Africa) today convened its first board meeting in Kigali, Rwanda, where Rwandan President Paul Kagame inaugurated the new pan-African advocacy organization.
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Professor Michel Kazatchkine Selected as Executive Director of The Global Fund
Press Release, 7.02.2007
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The Board of the Global Fund has chosen Michel Kazatchkine, a physician and global health expert, as the next Executive Director of the Global Fund. He replaces Sir Richard Feachem, the founding Executive Director, who steps down at the end of his five-year term on March 31.
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