http://www.worldmalariaday.org/ World Malaria Day en-gb Copyright (C): World Malaria Day Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:17:23 http://www.worldmalariaday.org/images/header/logo_right.gif http://www.worldmalariaday.org/ New Malaria Atlases Highlight Prospects for Elimination While the use of geospatial data to inform national malaria programs is gaining popularity, this country-level data is not well known in the global malaria community. Country-level and regional maps that focus on progress and prospects towards malaria elimination are now available through two new publications from the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco and the Malaria Atlas Project at the University of... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=702 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:17:21 This is event is aimed at showcasing the different insects nets available in combating mosquito infection. At Boss Special Systems we have designed a series of mosquito nets that can used used in both rural and urban areas. The DIY magnetic nets are easy to install and great for doors and... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=701 Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:24:45 On Friday, 23 September 2011, André Mama Fouda, the Minister of Public Health (MOH) convened and presided over a one-hour press event that dwelt on the evolution of the current LLIN mass distribution campaign. The press gathering took place at the conference hall of the Ministry of Public Health and was marked by the presence of about 30 journalists drawn from both public and private... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=700 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:34:30 The following post is by UNICEF Cameroon Representative Ora Musu Clemens Hope. Dr. Esther Tallah, the head of the Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria, and I set out for Mfou, 25 kilometers outside of Yaounde, to see how the census phase of the campaign for the universal distribution of almost 9 million long lasting insecticide treated bed nets is going. Dubbed 'KO Palu' (Knock Out Malaria), the campaign kick-off on August 20 was a spectacular extravanga staged by the government of Cameroon... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=699 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:07:11 As part of the national campaign to distribute 8,654,731 Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs), the MOH held on 12 September 2011, the 6th meeting of of the the National Coordinating Committee. The enlarged meeting with Regional Delegates of Public Health, was to assess the level of progress of the campaign activites. The lessons learned from the Centre and East Regions where it is already at the counting phase, the last activity before the actual distribution, have been... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=698 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:59:16 In GYPAM's capacity building approach and contibution to the fight against Malaria and other tropical diseases we are coming up with a free 3 weeks e-course on SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO MALARIA CONTROL. At the end of the course participants are expected to * Have an in-depth understanding of the social, behavioral and environmental components of malaria control. * Be able to develop a strategy that utilizes these components to  create effective programs and messages on malaria control in... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=697 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:23:29 Cameroon's Prime Minister, Philemon Yang, representing the Head of State, Paul Biya, on August 20, 2011 at the Yaounde Multi-purpose Sports Complex, launched the national campaign for the free distribution of 8,654,731 long lasting insecticidal nets to all Cameroonian families as a means of effectively fighting malaria. The campaign which is part of the project, 'Scaling up malaria control for impact 2010-2014', estimated to cost FCFA 34 billion, is financed by the Global Fund to fight AIDS,... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=696 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:12:08 Mandy Moore leading a delegation of international civil society organizations fighting malaria, met Prime Minister Philemon Yang on August 11.The United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Against Malaria, Mandy Moore is leading a delegation of some international civil society organizations to Cameroon to evaluate the malaria situation in the country in order to lobby for more assistance to support ongoing government efforts. The UN Goodwill Ambassador who is also an American singer, songwriter,... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=695 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:45:19 Le Ministre de la Santé Publique, André Mama Fouda, vient d’effectuer une visite du site d’entreposage des 1 672 641 moustiquaires de Nkolfoulou dans l’arrondissement de Soa, Région du Centre. Il était accompagné par son collègue Issa Tchiroma, Ministre de la Communication, du Gouveneur de la Région du Centre, du representant de l’OMS, des partenaires au développement impliqués dans l’exécution du « Global Fund Round 9-Malaria Project » : Plan Cameroon, ACMS, IRESCO et MC-CCAM et de ses plus... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=694 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:27:25 Lancet: The Global Fund remains millions of dollars short of what it needs to operate as governments continue to withhold donations over in-country corruption allegations. Ann Danaiya Usher reports. Several donors to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria continue to hold back their contributions for this year. Some have yet to make pledges; others have frozen disbursements pending the outcomes of two ongoing reviews of corruption. The result is that resources available to... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=693 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:27:59 To read the full text of the resolution, please follow the link:... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=692 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:40:53 In a build up to the Global Fund Round 9-LLINs nationwide mass distribution, the Government of Cameroon is engaging all key stakeholders to be part of the process. Cameroon Tribune of Thursday, 16 June 2011 reports that a sensitisation meeting on the best approach of distributing LLINs took place in Yaounde, presided over by the Public Health Minister, Mr André Mama Fouda. The minister announced that over 8 million LLINs will be distributed across the country to help in the fight against... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=691 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:54:08 Malaria has shaped the course of our history and is one of the world's oldest diseases dating back to at least 2700 BC. I It has caused a staggering amount of deaths, and in recent years, it has typically claimed one million lives every year. Some of its well-known victims include Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Lord Byron. In some conflicts, malaria has caused more deaths than the combat itself and during WWII, malaria killed more troops in Italy than all the bombs and bullets... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=690 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:48:10 On Wednesday, 25 May 2011, Mr. André Mama Fouda, the Minister of Public Health (MOH), presided over the launching ceremony of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Progress & Impact Series Reports in Cameroon. The high-level advocacy event that took place in the Yaoundé Hilton Hotel saw the presence of a cross-section of government officials and representatives from ministerial departments, international bodies, the Chantal Biya Foundation and other Civil Society Organisations, dignitaries as well... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=689 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:58:42 Kids & Teens Resource Centre (K&TRC), a registered non governmental organization in Nigeria commemorated 2011 World Malaria Day through sport (football), a match between two secondary schools representing long lasting insecticidal Treated Net (LLIN) and Clean Environment. The event was a method of sensitizing the participants on various means of prevention and treatment of Malaria fever. Content of run commentary was educating, entertaining, full of excitement with emphases on... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=688 Fri, 06 May 2011 06:48:18 Kids & Teens Resource Centre (K&TRC), a registered non governmental organization in Nigeria commemorated 2011 World Malaria Day through sport (football), a match between two secondary schools representing long lasting insecticidal Treated Net (LLIN) and Clean Environment. The event was a method of sensitizing the participants on various means of prevention and treatment of Malaria fever. Content of run commentary was educating, entertaining, full of excitement with emphases on... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=687 Fri, 06 May 2011 06:47:06 3 May 2011, Geneva, SWITZERLAND: - The multi-faceted exhibition 'Malaria: blood, sweat, and tears' by American photojournalist Adam Nadel, will be shown by the Roll Back Malaria Partnership Secretariat at the World Health Organization, in Geneva, from 5 May to 15 May 2011. The public opening marks its European debut following its showing last year at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City and what was described as one of the most successful exhibitions ever hosted at the United... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=686 Wed, 04 May 2011 16:20:54 About 225 million people fall ill with malaria every year. The disease kills nearly 800,000 people every year, bearing down most heavily on children under 5 years of age, who make up the lion's share of victims. In recent years plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly form of malaria which is especially widespread in Africa, has become increasingly resistant to what until now have been the most easily obtainable cheap treatments for the disease. These medicines, such as chloroquine and... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=685 Wed, 04 May 2011 16:08:30 AMREF is celebrating the education of nearly 10,000 people about malaria in Uganda: improving their awareness, understanding and promoting good practices to prevent infection of one of the biggest killers in Africa. The project is supported by AstraZeneca, with whom AMREF has been working for over seven years in Uganda. The project aims to not only train health workers to better identify the early signs of malaria, but also to integrate the management of malaria, HIV/AIDS and TB to give... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=684 Wed, 04 May 2011 12:00:24 GLIDA, with support from Federal Ministry of Health's National Malaria Control Program carried out community sensitisation and education on Malaria prevention and management. It distributed ITN to over 200 Pregnant and nursing mothers in two peri-urban communities. Young pregnant women and mothers form the majority of the target group. The eagerness of the women to take action to protect themselves and their families against malaria in their lives was impressive. A group of women leaders... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=683 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:03:20 April 25 marked World Malaria Day – a chance to highlight the fact that half of the world's population is at risk from this mosquito-borne, infectious disease. It kills around one million people a year. However, the spread of malaria can be drastically reduced by distributing inexpensive mosquito nets. Research Sightsavers has been involved in even shows that combining this kind of malaria control with programmes that tackle diseases such as river blindness increases the benefits to both... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=682 Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:33:19 Faiths Act for World Malaria Day: It’s not too late to get involved in Multi-faith action for World Malaria Day The team here at Faiths Act would like to extend our greatest thanks to all those who organised events to mark World Malaria Day 2011 and to those who have sent us their wonderful photos of their local communities wearing the Faiths Act Ribbons. But, ITS NOT TOO LATE! World Malaria day may have passed but we still have lots of events planned throughout May and there is still time... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=681 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:15:20 Since 2006, RTI has been the lead implementing partner for Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) supported by the President's Malaria Initiative, which is under contract to the U.S. Agency for International Development. The IRS program has protected more than 128 million people in 15 countries from malaria-carrying... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=680 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:28:45 For the last six years i have been doing research on anti malarial therapy and came up with new combination anti malarial therapy (sarazel).At the moment i need sponsors to continue clinical trails.The study was based on facts or evidence. for further information contact via Tel no.(mobile) +256 712... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=679 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:41:54 For the last six years i have been doing research on anti malarial therapy and came up with new combination anti malarial therapy (sarazel).At the moment i need sponsors to continue clinical trails.The study was based on facts or... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=678 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:22:32 To celebrate the 4th World Malaria Day, sanofi-aventis, through its programme Impact Malaria, is supporting a number of initiatives in healthcare professionals’ training and information to communities in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Launched in 2001, Impact Malaria is one of the programmes of the sanofi-aventis’ Access to Medicines department. It illustrates the Group’s commitment to act as a long term partner in the fight against malaria through the provision of a complete... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=677 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:11:24 Commemorations of World Malaria Day taking place in donor and endemic countries this week highlight the considerable progress reached in the last decade, with key international figures urging an extraordinary intensification of efforts and clear plans for attaining the goal of near zero deaths by 2015. Geneva, 21 April 2011: - Malaria was cited as a development success story last week at the Oslo Malaria Conference, as more than 200 international stakeholders gathered to review priorities... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=676 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:52:18 The General Assembly, Recalling that the period 2001-2010 was proclaimed the Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa, by the General Assembly,1 and that combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and other diseases is included in the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, Recalling the malaria-related goals and commitments in the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=675 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:48:02 An international initiative to put affordable and effective anti-malaria drugs within reach of people in often remote communities in Africa is making rapid progress. In four implementing countries, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar and Nigeria life-saving malaria treatment can now be bought in private stores and pharmacies for as little as 50 U.S. cents. Before the launch of the program, these treatments cost up to 20 times as much. The only way most people in Africa could get effective malaria drugs... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=674 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:43:10 Samut Prakan, April 22, 2011 –Tana Netting Co., Ltd. and Kenya Airways jointly celebrated World Malaria Day 2011 with a strong determination to raise awareness about malaria and its prevention in order to help reduce the number of people who are suffering and dying from this dangerous mosquito-borne disease. A limited edition of Dawa®Plus, a long-lasting insecticidal mosquito net, was provided to every passenger on Kenya Airways’ Bangkok-Nairobi flight departing on April 22, 2011 at... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=673 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:29:59 Entertainment startup business, Non-Profit via Social Media. And owner of Avalex Enterprises. Building web applications in the Hospitality... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=672 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:26:37 Andrew Jack - author of the new FT supplement on malaria - will be speaking on Jazz FM today April 25 at... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=671 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:01:52 Check out the video we found about malaria and why clean water is so essential to ending this deadly... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=670 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:18:07 There are over 70 children in the Holly House orphanage in the Kayole-Soweto slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Life for these children is already hard but they do have a home. However, malaria is a constant problem for these children. To try and combat this problem we have added mosquito nets to the online shop. These nets are bought in Nairobi thus also supporting the local economy. To support world malaria day and to protect these neediest of children we are looking for as many donations as possible.... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=669 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:18:26 Stephen O'Brien, British minister responsible for the fight against malaria, and Harriet Harman, Shadow Secretary of State for international development, have both spoken about the need to tackle malaria. You can read their quotes on our site, or for more information on the British government's work on malaria... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=668 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:16:45 Today the Archbishops of Canterbury and the DRC are speaking out to mark World Malaria Day. Interviews with the Archbishops are being broadcast on BBC World Service - on the English, French and Swahili... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=667 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:13:01 The Malaria Eradication Network (www.malariafree.org) is a website of the non-profit organization founded in 2001; whose ONLY Goal and Main Objective is the global ERADICATION of Malaria. The focus is specifically to HELP People – malaria sufferers and potential victims to know the most affordable, effective, safest and healthiest way to Prevent, Treat, Cure and Eradicate malaria from a Natural and Holistic Healthcare perspective. It is an auspicious moment for us as we celebrate our Ten... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=666 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:52:48 Observing the day by sensitisation rally,by school children,by asha&other tranig school children involving dist collector.Arranging meeting at advocacy lavel &giving massage to be sensitised &help in achiving the goal of near zero death... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=665 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:56:59 Tulsi Gramodyog Seva Samiti conducting anti-malaria campaign in slum areas of Lucknow, UP (India). With the help of posters and banners our volunteers will aware people on malaria and its prevention. For more info, please log on to tulsigramodyog.org or mail us president(at)tulsigramodyog.org or call +91... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=664 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:10:53 Ray Chambers, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Malaria has just been selected as one of Time Magazine's top 100 most influential... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=663 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:28:56 Celebrating World Malaria Day by showing a PBS production called 'Rx for Survival' at Flagstaff Medical Center. It is a documentary about a variety of infectious diseases one of them being... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=662 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:20:45 Celebrating World Malaria Day by showing a PBS production called 'Rx for Survival' at Flagstaff Medical Center. It is a documentary about a variety of infectious diseases one of them being... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=661 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 18:20:42 Malaria kills more then 3000 African children each day. Every 30 seconds, somewhere in the world, a child dies from malaria. The cost of malaria on the African economy is estimated to be $12 billion dollars annually. Monday April 25th marks World Malaria Day. An opportunity for all global citizens to focus our efforts and attention on the scourge of malaria and what we, as individuals, can do to make a difference. Spread the Net, a campaign co-founded by the Honourable... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=660 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:03:00 Join us for an exciting evening of live African music, dancing, raffle, and presentations. We'll have a blast and save lives at the same time! Help us celebrate as we send nearly 4,000 mosquito nets for West African communities in Ghana and Togo! PS: Dress like a mosquito and get in free! Tickets and Info:... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=659 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:56:33 Last April, we asked you to come together with people of different faiths to help end deaths from malaria. People from around the world organised concerts, bake-a-thons, sleep outs, movie screenings and even jumped out of planes to raise awareness and funds. Working together with governments and NGOs, faith communities helped reduce deaths from malaria from one every 30 seconds to one every 45 seconds. But even a single death from malaria is one too many. So this year we want to keep up... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=658 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:32:58 Last April, we asked you to come together with people of different faiths to help end deaths from malaria. People from around the world organised concerts, bake-a-thons, sleep outs, movie screenings and even jumped out of planes to raise awareness and funds. Working together with governments and NGOs, faith communities helped reduce deaths from malaria from one every 30 seconds to one every 45 seconds. But even a single death from malaria is one too many. So this year we want to keep up... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=657 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:32:53 To supervise Spray Operators during the spraying period ultimately to devise all those activities aimed at preventing the occurance of disease in the... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=656 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:07:47 Scitech Diagnostics supports World Malaria Day 2011. Special offer on Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) for Malaria. Purchase 1 kit of Parahit-pf (50 tests) and receive a free kit of Parahit-panM (10 tests). All testing accessories included in the kit. Offer valid until 30th April... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=655 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:04:47 Soccer players, fans and coaches will juggle to get better, juggle to save lives at 6pm their standard time on April 25, 2011 - World Malaria Day. Anyone can participate anywhere in the world they have a soccer ball. Whether you juggle by yourself or with your team you know you are part of a larger effort to fight malaria on World Malaria Day. Prior to 4/25 participants download a pledge sheet on our website and collect pledges and donations. After the OSA World Juggle-a-thon... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=654 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:36:05 GLIDA's staff and volunteers will go into three communities to 1. Strengthen education on the role of community and individuals in malaria prevention and management 2. Sensitise community on a. vulnerable groups (Pregnant women, young children and people living with HIV/AIDs) b. Danger signs 3.Do demonstration of how to a. use the bednet.b. manage malaria 4. The hall mark of the event will be the distribution of 300 bednets with support from National Malaria Control... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=653 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:14:49 For World Malaria Day this year, we’re honoring Champions in the fight against malaria -- from students to CEOs to YOU. Here at the UN Foundation's Nothing But Nets, we’ve seen that ANYONE can be a Champion in the fight against malaria. Over the years we’ve met so many of them, across the globe -- boy scouts, basketball players, CEOs, singers, actors, writers, government officials, faith leaders, fashion designers, soccer stars, community health workers, scientists, students, campers,... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=652 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:44:09 The SMS for Life initiative is a new 'public-private' project that harnesses everyday technology to eliminate stock-outs and improve access to essential medicines in sub-Saharan Africa. A solution to the longstanding problem of stock-outs at the remote health facility level is now available Maintaining adequate supplies of anti-malarial medicines at the health facility level in rural sub-Saharan Africa is a major barrier to effective management of the disease. Lack of visibility of... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=651 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:10:27 Mobilize Against Malaria Senegal is marking World Malaria day in the district of Makacolibantang, 85km from Tambacounda, Senegal. The 25th April will be a day of social mobilization with students, youth groups and women’s organizations, attended by the Head of the District Health Management Team. MAM Senegal is working to improve the infrastructure of local health huts in Tambacounda, 24 of which have been equipped with furniture, basic medical and surgical instruments, health management... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=650 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:52:04 An awareness event is being organised in Chennai on 24th April 2011 Sunday wherein a awareness vehicle is flagged off & a booklet is to be... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=649 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:33:04 As one of the curtain raiser activities for World Malaria Day, the Ministry of Health in Partnership with the Church of Uganda, Standard Chartered Bank and Cocacola. Six teams competed at the YMCA grounds. The proceeds will be used to donate LLINs to Jinja Regional referral Hospital in Eastern Uganda. Together, let's awaken everybody to particpate from their point of advantage and fight... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=648 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:49:32 World Malaria Day 2011 is a time for examining the progress we have made towards malaria control and elimination and to renew efforts towards achieving the target of zero malaria deaths by 2015. We have come a long way towards realising this goal since the first World Malaria Day four years ago, when it was estimated that a child died every 30 seconds of malaria. The huge increase in support for malaria control interventions in recent years means we can now acknowledge a reduction in the... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=647 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:39:27 With Spread the Net, Buy-A-Net has issued an appeal letter to all Canadian provincial ministers of health, and requested they join their provincial colleagues in Manitoba and British Columbia and recognize World Malaria Day in their jurisdictions. Show that Coast-to-coast, Canadians... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=646 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:20:55 The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) today announces that two new partners have joined the network – Thailand and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - as Country Partner and Partner Institution, respectively. Thailand is the eleventh County Partner to join the Network, having made significant progress over the last 10 years, reducing cases by 75% from 2000 to 2009, and has developed a strategy of sub-national malaria elimination, focusing on the central and... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=645 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:05:02 In support of World Malaria Day, and sponsored by Oxford Learning Centre and Starbucks, artwork created by young people will be on display at all Starbucks locations in Kingston, Belleville and Brockville from April 1st to 28th. Silent auction will be held from April 29th to May 1st at Starbucks, Chapters location, 2376 Princess Street, Kingston, ON, with a reception on May 1st at same location, 12 to 3 pm. Enjoy entertainment and refreshments, while enjoying the art. All proceeds go to bed... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=644 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:02:29 Last April, we asked you to come together with people of different faiths to help end deaths from malaria. People from around the world organised concerts, bake-a-thons, sleep outs, movie screenings and even jumped out of planes to raise awareness and funds. Working together with governments and NGOs, faith communities helped reduce deaths from malaria from one every 30 seconds to one every 45 seconds. But even a single death from malaria is one too many.So this year we want to keep up... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=643 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:19:17 Indonesia Malaria Care Foundation (IMCF) held the activities of The World Malaria Day, 2011 in Bali People Struggle Monument - Denpasar - Bali. We will hold this event with the theme: 'Fight Malaria, Boost Tourist Arrivals. ' Activities conducted in the form of: LONG MARCH & SLEEP OUT TO END MALARIA. Long March will be held around a number of protocols in the Bali street while carrying 30 nets and followed by the traditional dance and 100 motorcycles. And, the activities of the Sleep Out... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=642 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:42:59 ... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=641 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:30:56 Need to know the theme for Malaria day... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=640 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:22:04 Our global network of specialist healthcare communications agencies (GLOBALHealthPR) starts four weeks of social media monitoring from Monday 4 April on the topic of malaria. We will be looking at the conversation in countries including US, UK, India, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, France and Germany. World Malaria Day 2011 takes place during our research period so we will be sure to share our findings with you. Good luck with... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=638 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:18:10 Tana Netting together with Kenya Airways are to provide complimentary limited edition DawaPlus long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets to Kenya Airway's Bangkok-Nairobi flight to raise malaria awareness of World Malaria Day... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=637 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:33:59 Premature deaths are now more likely to occur in adolescence and early adulthood than in childhood, a new global report claims. The study in The Lancet looked at data from 50 countries - rich, middle-income and poor - over 50 years. It found that while mortality had fallen overall, rates were now relatively higher in teenagers and young adults, than in young children. Violence, suicide and road accidents are being blamed. The new study shows death rates among young people have fallen... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=636 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:00:21 Many African governments are not allocating enough funds from their annual budgets to health, says a study by the World Health Organization. Without additional resources, vital health goals will not be achieved, it says. In the 10 years since heads of state of African Union countries met in Abuja, Nigeria, and pledged to set a target of allocating “at least 15%” of their annual budget to improve the health sector, only Rwanda and South Africa have reached the objective, says... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=635 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:56:43 'Innovations through partnerships to end malaria deaths by 2015' 2011 marks a vital opportunity to review the progress made towards malaria 2010 universal coverage and to define the next steps to end malaria deaths by 2015. On the way towards the September 2011 UN General Assembly, this conference will give an opportunity to start reflecting back and discussing about innovations and partnerships needed to defeat the disease. The main purposes of the conference are to: 1. Discuss... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=634 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:47:22 About 10 years ago, Asman Osawo joined in a campaign to fight malaria. This particular exercise involved pouring a mixture of kerosene and diesel on pools of stagnant water around their homes. The villagers had been told that oil poured on stagnant water prevented the breeding of mosquitoes and killed the larvae. Asman and his neighbours have been fighting a losing battle against mosquitoes for ages. One of the interventions proposed by the State a few years ago was to mobilise people to... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=633 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:47:17 World Health Organization’s experts have arrived in Azerbaijan within the framework of the program on combating malaria and other parasitic diseases. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Health reports that today WHO’s Global Malaria Programme head Robert Newman and director of the program on malaria and other parasitic diseases Mikhail Yezhov have held a meeting with local experts in this field. During the meeting the guests got acquainted with Azerbaijan’s achievements in fight against malaria... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=632 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:40:50 The UK Department of International Development (DFID) and US Agency for International Development (USAID) yesterday handed over 2.4 million insecticide-treated bed nets to the Ministry of Health to help control malaria in Zambia. DFID Zambia head Mike Hammond said Zambia was unlikely to achieve economic development and attain its Millennium Development Goals on health if the prevalence of malaria was not contained. He said DFID was keen to assist the Government achieve the goals of the... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=631 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 06:36:55 Plasmodium falciparum malaria and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 adversely interact in the context of pregnancy, however little is known regarding the influence of co-infection on the risk of congenital malaria. We aimed to determine the prevalence of placental and congenital malaria and impact of HIV co-infection on trans-placental malaria transmission in 157 parturient women and their infants by microscopy and by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in western Kenya.... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=630 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:05:49 Over 5,000 will be dressed as Mosquito soldiers ready for the battle with mosquito, using paint ball to kill the big Mosquito printed on a large... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=629 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:34:40 Rwanda is on track to enter the malaria pre-elimination phase. According to a Rwanda malaria performance program review, by 10 external experts, the country has managed to bring down the disease by 70 percent. The period studied was between 2001and 2010. The review findings indicate that there was a 61 percent decline in deaths caused by malaria within the same period. The report also indicates an improvement in malaria case management as it rose from 77.4 percent in 2006 to 85.7 percent... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=628 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:11:40 THERE is need to strengthen capacity in the region for planning, management and expanded quality service delivery to overcome challenges being faced to control malaria, according to Dr Georges Ki- Zerbo. Dr Ki-Zerbo, who is malaria programme officer for World Health Organisation (WHO) regional office for Africa, said monitoring of disease trends with the use of new technologies was also needed. He said implementation research was needed to document best practices and address systemic and... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=627 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:38:29 Malaria Consortium-Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria (MC-CCAM) was host to a 4-day workshop that ran from 21-24 February 2011 during which a high level team from the Constellation introduced 27 participating partners – drawn from the Directorate of Disease Control (DLM), the NMCP, Plan Cameroon, MC-CCAM, IRESCO and members of the Etetak community – to the Malaria Competence Process... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=626 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:54:25 The Alliance for Malaria Prevention (AMP) named Ghana Lead Innovator for long lasting insecticidal mosquito nets (LLINs) distribution over the past year. The award recognized Ghana’s pioneering role in door-to-door LLIN distribution on a mass scale. In 2010, Ghana distributed nearly 1 million LLINs to households in northern and eastern regions using this innovative approach. The award announcement took place during the AMP partners meeting, held February 10-11, 2011 in Geneva,... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=625 Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:12:10 In the fight against malaria, Spread the Net (www.spreadthenet.org) and Buy-A-Net Malaria Prevention Group (www.buyanet.ca) have joined together on a bed net distribution project in the District of Kawempe, Uganda from March to May 2011. This partnership will see STN, BAN and BAN's on the ground networks in Kawempe procure and distribute 1,000 WHO approved, long lasting insecticide treated bed nets to families in need for the prevention and control of malaria.... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=624 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:09:32 It was love at first bite. Proving that under the skin we're all the same, actor George Clooney revealed in January that he had been stricken with malaria on a recent trip to Sudan - and that it was his second time to get it. He made light of the disease when interviewed on television, laughing off his illness: 'I guess the mosquito in Juba looked at me and thought I was the bar,' he told CNN. He also was quoted by his publicist saying that proper medication can turn 'the most lethal... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=623 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:12:46 Rwanda may be the first country to eliminate Malaria in the region if all strategies set forward are implemented according to plan. According to the Director of Malaria unit in TRAC Plus, Dr. Corine Karema, the country intends to enter a pre-elimination phase come 2012. 'We have a strategic plan to enter a pre-elimination phase in 2012, and according to the internal review we did with the country team, we realized that we have achieved more than 80 percent of our targets,' said Karema,... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=622 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:27:39 Today the Tony Blair Faith Foundation launch their Faiths Act for World Malaria Day 2011 campaign encouraging faith communities to come together to help end one of the world’s most devastating health crises. World Malaria Day marks the global effort to help turn the tide on over 750, 000 entirely preventable deaths from malaria every year, the majority being young children in Africa. Progress has already been made in this battle: the number of young children dying from malaria has now... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=621 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:09:53 The third annual G-FINDER survey reports both good and bad news on global investment into new neglected disease products for the developing world. Global funding for research and development (R&D) of new neglected disease products increased to US$3.2 billion1 in 2009 (up nearly a quarter of a billion dollars on 2008) and funding was spread more evenly across the 31 neglected diseases covered by G-FINDER. But funders moved their focus away from development of badly-needed new products... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=620 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:24:18 Providence Home will be holding a world malaria day event were we will had triva games, dancing, and education on malaria skills and how to... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=619 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:12:59 Uganda is unlikely to meet Millennium Development Goals (MDG) four and five which call for a reduction in child and maternal mortality respectively due to malaria and malnutrition which are largely responsible for the mortalities. Health experts say that the situation is getting worse with the government not getting committed to spending in the health sector. Speaking at a public dialogue on Child health in Uganda at Uganda Christian University recently, the National Director World... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=618 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:54:17 The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Early Online Publication, 26 January 2011doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(10)70295-4Cite or Link Using DOICoverage of malaria protection in pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis and analysis of national survey data Original Text Dr Anna Maria van Eijk MD a d , Jenny Hill MSc a, Victor A Alegana BSc b, Viola Kirui BSc b, Peter W Gething PhD c, Prof Feiko O ter Kuile MD a d, Prof Robert W Snow FMedSci b e Summary Background Insecticide-treated nets and... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=617 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:05:14 Africa is desperately short of doctors and nurses. So is much of Asia. In 57 countries, the situation is deemed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to be at crisis point; they have fewer than 2.3 nurses, doctors and midwives for every 1,000 people – too few to deliver the basic level of care needed. But in contrast to some other developing world problems, this is an issue that really does affect all of us. The world needs an estimated 4.2 million more health workers. Though nowhere near... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=616 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:08:50 The Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria last night confirmed that tens of millions of euro in grants are unaccounted for. However, the Fund insisted it was its own internal audits that uncovered the corruption last year. The corruption includes millions spent on cars and motorbikes without receipts, millions more disappearing through faked invoices, and free drugs from donors being sold on the black market. Most of the main contributors to international development have added... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=615 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:22:00 The world risks losing its most potent treatment for malaria unless steps are quickly taken to prevent the development and spread of drug resistant parasites, according to a new action plan released today by WHO and Roll Back Malaria partnership (RBM). The Global plan for artemisinin resistance containment outlines the necessary actions to contain and prevent resistance to artemisinins, which are the critical component of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), the most potent weapon... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=614 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:00:40 A nationwide awareness was created through all major news channels beaming the invention termed as India's weapon against malaria.SAM BED NET is a portable anti malarial device that suspends all type of ITNs anywhere without... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=613 Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:43:17 download it here:... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=612 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:11:08 Global Fund suspends malaria, TB grants in Mali Toure, the health minister, did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday, nor did Malian government officials. But he had faced several public calls to step down over the Global Fund investigation, and Mali's president Amadou Toumani Toure vowed earlier to seek those responsible. 'Whenever someone is accused of wrongdoing, we will do what's needed so that justice is done,' the president said Saturday. 'We must not condemn people too... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=611 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:46:17 The latest Malaria Centre report is now available to download on the web site Malaria research and control continues to develop apace. In the time since the last report (2006/7) further reductions in malaria prevalence have been recorded in a number of African, Asian and South American countries. However, these recent successes are tempered by high malaria incidence in several countries in the African heartland, including Nigeria and Uganda, and the absence of reliable information in... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=608 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:22:52 The UK government has announced aid to protect nearly 5 million people in Ghana from malaria, including nearly 1 million children under the age of five. The British government will support a UNICEF programme to distribute over 2 million life-saving bednets as well as teach communities the importance of sleeping under them. Ghana is a malaria hot spot with 3 million suspected cases of malaria are reported every year. In 2007 malaria accounted for 22% of deaths of children under five and... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=607 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:19:40 The World Health Organisation warned Thursday that resistance to malaria drug artemisinin appeared to be spreading in the region from the Cambodia-Thailand border, where it was first detected. 'There is some early evidence that resistance to artemisinins may also be emerging on the Myanmar-Thailand border,' said the WHO in a statement. 'There is also concern that resistance could spread from the Cambodia-Thailand border to Africa, as it did with anti-malaria drugs such as chloroquine... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=606 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:46:01 Across Africa, when a child is admitted to hospital with severe malaria, doctors reach for the quinine (or send the family to buy it). It's the first, and probably the only, drug they think of. For that matter, it's quinine in a drip that any adult or child with severe malaria will get in the UK too, should they be unfortunate enough to come home with the disease. But it is time to think again – and quickly. Hundreds of thousands of children's lives could be saved if a Chinese drug were... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=602 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:07:05 UCSF global health experts have outlined a new strategy and action plan to help countries eliminate malaria and bring the world closer to global eradication of the deadly disease. The three-part strategy includes aggressive control in the hardest hit areas, progressive elimination in areas where it has already been reduced, and research and development of new interventions and technologies as tools in the effort. The strategy appears in a series of papers on malaria elimination in the... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=601 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:50:27 The AntiMal consortium, in association with theBiological and Medicinal Chemistry Sector (BMCS) of the Royal Society of Chemistry, is organising a conference in celebration of the EU FP6 funded AntiMal project which will be held at the Royal College of Physicians in London on Thursday, 15th and 16th March 2011. The aim of this conference is to allow those scientists working in this area the opportunity to share their results with others and stimulate scientific interaction in what is a... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=600 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:42:14 The Lancet's four-paper Series examines the need for, and prospects of, malaria elimination. The papers make sobering reading. Elimination will be hard work, it will take a long time, and it will be expensive. Moreover, elimination requires that we first control malaria to the point where it is no longer a public health problem, and this is by far the most important, immediate target for increased and sustained international investment.1 Nonetheless, elimination (and eventually eradication) is... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=599 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:24:40 In 1952, Lowell Coggeshall 1 wrote “The greatest misconceptions about the treatment of malaria, especially in the past, have arisen from the fact that too many considered it a single disease. Malaria is not a disease—it is a variety of diseases.” In The Lancet's Series, four papers detail the lofty goal of elimination for the broad spectrum of clinical manifestations, species, and stages of plasmodia that are responsible for these many diseases ( table ). Do we have the tools to manage them... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=598 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:19:15 The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 29 October 2010doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61500-0Cite or Link Using DOICall to action: priorities for malaria elimination Original Text Richard GA Feachem a, Allison A Phillips a, Geoffrey A Targett b, Robert W Snow c d The Lancet's four-part Series on malaria elimination summarises the remarkable progress achieved over the past 100 years and discusses the substantial technical, operational, and financial challenges that confront malaria-eliminating... http://www.worldmalariaday.org/live_detail.cfm?id=597 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:16:21