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In June 2005, the U.S. Government announced the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), a five-year, $1.2 billion initiative to rapidly scale up malaria prevention and treatment interventions in 15 high-burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Selection of the 15 PMI focus countries was based on their malaria burden, the presence of technically sound national malaria control policies, willingness to partner with the United States, and funding from other major donors, such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the World Bank Malaria Boosters Program.
The 2008 Lantos/Hyde Act authorizes up to $5 billion in funding for malaria prevention and control. This Act provides for the continuation of support to the 15 PMI focus countries and an expansion to other endemic countries in Africa.
The expanded PMI is an Africa-wide program that will work with national governments and global partners to halve the burden of malaria (morbidity and mortality) in 70 percent of the at-risk populations on the continent (approximately 450 million residents) over the six-year funding period (2009-2014) of the USG Global Health Initiative. This will significantly reduce the public health impact of malaria and enable economic growth and development in Africa.
- View map of PMI focus countries and malaria distribution in Africa.
- View Malaria Operational Plans – Download one-year implementation plans for each PMI focus country.
- View PMI Country Profiles – Download detailed information about each PMI focus country.