President's Malaria Initiative E-Newsletter

August 2011

Table of Contents

News
Country Activities
New and Updated Resources on PMI.gov

News

	A health worker holds the standard dose of IPTp, which consists of three sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) pills. Read the full blog post. Credit: Karie Atkinson/USAID

Press and Announcements

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• USAID IMPACT Blog: How a Simple Memo Protected Mothers and Children from Malaria – 07/13/11


• Senate Unanimously Adopts Bipartisan Resolution Honoring World Malaria Day Introduced by Senators Coons and Wicker – 06/28/11


• Read more PMI-related press releases and announcements.

PMI in the News

• Guinea Partnership Takes Initiative Against Malaria – 08/10/11
  Read about a malaria stakeholders’ meeting in Conakry, Guinea, at which PMI announced the urgent shipment of anti-malarial medications, in line with the Ministry of Health’s priorities.



• Malaria Watch TV: Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer, U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator – 08/10/11
  Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer, U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, spoke with the Malaria Policy Center about the status of the malaria fight and how the U.S. is leading the way against this preventable and treatable disease.
  
  
• Interview with Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer, U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator – May 2011
  Read an interview with the U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator in the latest issue of PSI's Impact magazine in which he discusses the role of the private sector in malaria control, malaria elimination, resistance to artemisinin-based drugs and other issues.
  
  
• Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer, U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, visits Thiès Region in Senegal (in French) – May 2011
  


• GHI Executive Director Lois Quam Reflects on the PMI Bi-Annual Forum – 5/18/11
  Read a blogpost from the Executive Director of the USG Global Health Initiative on her visit to a PMI meeting in Senegal that discussed critical policy, program and technical issues in malaria prevention and control.
  


• Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer, U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, Honored as a Malaria Champion – 04/25/11
  The Roll Back Malaria partnership and the United Nations Foundation launched “Champions to End Malaria,” an interactive exhibit at the United Nations, featuring photos of 24 people that have made a significant impact in raising awareness and resources to save lives from this deadly disease. Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer was one of the featured champions – scroll through the gallery to see his profile.
  

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Country Activities

View the updated country profiles on www.pmi.gov Updated Focus Country Profiles The 17 PMI focus country profiles have been updated with new data from 2010. Learn more about the work PMI is doing in each country. Download the new country profiles. Voices From the Field Read new success stories to get a field perspective of how PMI supports key malaria prevention and treatment strategies, such as indoor residual spraying, better access and treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapies, insecticide-treated mosquito nets, and intermittent preventive treatment for pregnant women. School Children Deliver Malaria Interventions in Angola – August 2011 PMI Contributes to Improving Governance and Transparency at Benin's Central Medical Stores – August 2011     Spray pumps stand ready for use at the start of an IRS campaign in Yekepa, Liberia. Source: USAID Ghana: With Scheduled Deliveries, Health Facilities Gain Better Access to Medicines – August 2011 [PDF, 180KB] PMI Teams up with the World’s Largest Steel Producer to Fight Malaria in Liberia – August 2011 Community Case Management of Malaria–Reaching the Hard to Reach in Senegal – August 2011 Tanzania Training Program Graduates First Cohort – August 2011 PMI Helps Protect All at Risk of Malaria in Uganda – August 2011

New and Updated Resources on PMI.gov

	PMI Fifth Annual Report, April 2011 [PDF 5.7MB]

New Publications

• PMI Fifth Annual Report, April 2011 [PDF 5.7MB]
Executive Summary available in:
• English [PDF, 1.6MB]
• Portuguese [PDF, 1.5MB]
• French [PDF, 4.8MB]
• Updated PMI Fast Facts [PDF, 165KB]

Updated Funding Tables for Malaria Operational Plans

• FY11: Benin, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Zambia.


• FY10: Benin, Ethiopia, Mali, and Zambia.


• FY09: Rwanda.

Our Partners

Download the recently added reports from PMI's implementing partners:

• Improving Malaria Diagnostics Annual Report, FY 2010 [PDF, 1.1MB]
• ASPI Year 2 Report [PDF, 1.4MB]
• CRWRC Year 3 Report [PDF, 1.4MB]
• Concern Universal Year 2 Report [PDF, 759 KB]
• HealthRight International Year 1 Report [PDF, 1.0MB]
• ERD Year 1 Report [PDF, 1.3MB]
• MERLIN Year 1 Report [PDF, 1.5MB]

About PMI

• Read the updated PMI Results page.
• Learn more about PMI and the Global Health Initiative.

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