Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT This newsfeed includes RBM home/front page main stories. http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/rbmtoplinestories.xml Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://ec.europa.eu/research/health/infectious-diseases/poverty-diseases/event-brussels-13nov_en.html The European Commission organized an international conference on Poverty-Related Diseases, focussing on 'the big three' global killer diseases: HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB. The conference aimed to identify bottlenecks in research, and to clarify the role that EC-supported research can play in battling the three diseases. EU Commissioner Potocnik called for political momentum for continuing and intensifying research. The EU's Framework Programme 6 (FP6) has allocated more than EUR 450m to research and development into new drugs, vaccines and clinical investigations for poverty-related diseases. Read the White Paper on malaria prepared by the conference participants.... http://ec.europa.eu/research/health/infectious-diseases/poverty-diseases/event-brussels-13nov_en.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/partnership/board/meetings/docs/RBM.BOM.15.2008.INF.1.2_AGENDA.pdf The Roll Back Malaria Partnership Board convened for its 15th biannual meeting to provide leadership and critical guidance to a potent global effort against malaria. As partners intensify their activities to implement an ambitious new plan for malaria control and elimination (Global Malaria Action Plan), sound decisions and a tight coordination of policies and initiatives are needed at global, regional and national levels to ensure that endemic countries reach the RBM 2010 targets. The decisions made at this Board meeting determine the scope of the Partnership's support to endemic countries at a time of unprecedented international commitment to reducing the burden of the disease.... http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/partnership/board/meetings/docs/RBM.BOM.15.2008.INF.1.2_AGENDA.pdf Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/globaladvocacy/pr2008-11-18.html The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership Secretariat is pleased to announce the participation of Y's Men International in the global fight against a disease which claims one million lives each year, the majority of which are children in sub-Saharan Africa... http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/globaladvocacy/pr2008-11-18.html Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/media_center/press/pr_081110.asp Gathering at its 18th meeting in Delhi, the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved the Policy Framework and Implementation Plan set out in the AMFm Ad Hoc Committee Report. It reaffirmed its decision to host and manage the AMFm for an initial phase in a limited number of countries... http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/media_center/press/pr_081110.asp Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:00:00 GMT http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/globaladvocacy/leadershipinterviews3.html The successes that we see in malaria are a demonstration of feasibility... http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/globaladvocacy/leadershipinterviews3.html