PMI, President's Malaria Initiative, Fighting Malaria and Saving Lives

On February 21, 2012, USAID released the final report by an external evaluation team of the first five years (FY 2006 - FY 2010) of the President’s Malaria Initiative.

Admiral Robert Timothy Ziemer, U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator, launched the President’s Malaria Initiative at the U.S. Embassy in Guinea on November 9, 2011.

PMI has created a repository that showcases malaria communication materials developed by our partners across PMI’s focus countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention welcomes the announcement today that results from the clinical trial in Africa of a malaria vaccine candidate show it prevented about half of malaria cases, including the most severe, in young children.

Study in Benin finds indoor spraying with the insecticide bendiocarb reduced infectious mosquito bites to near zero; and offers effective tool for malaria control strategy in areas rife with pyrethroid-resistance.

In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria poses a major threat to the health of pregnant women and their developing babies; each year nearly 32 million pregnant women are at risk from this deadly disease.

A bipartisan resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), co-chairs of the Senate Working Group on Malaria, passed the Senate unanimously on Monday, June 27, 2011.

Read an interview with the U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator in PSI's Impact magazine where he discusses the role of the private sector in malaria control, malaria elimination, resistance to artemisinin-based drugs and other issues. 

The Peace Corps and PMI, led by USAID and implemented together with the CDC, announce a new partnership that will expand malaria prevention activities throughout Africa and provide Peace Corps volunteers with the best resources on malaria prevention.

U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Information reports on how U.S. officials working to reduce the scourge of malaria celebrated successes, reaffirmed commitment, and stared down the road ahead on World Malaria Day.

Our goal is to reduce malaria illnesses and death by half for 70 percent of at-risk populations in sub Saharan Africa, and to remove the disease as a major public health threat by 2015.

About half of the world's population are at risk of contracting malaria, especially those living in developing countries. Voice of America explores this for World Malaria Day including a statement from Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer, U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator.

Read a blog post by Ezekiel Emanuel in The New Republic about his trip to a PMI-funded health center in Ethiopia. The health center has put together all the pieces to fight malaria and other health problems. 

Read a blog post by Ezekiel Emanuel in The New Republic about his trip in Senegal to Kissan. Kissan is one of the hot spots for malaria that killed 900,000 people last year alone. Kissan was part of the initiative to keep mosquitoes out of homes, with a combination of netting for beds and indoor residual spraying. 

On Tuesday, November 16th, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) became the 16th focus country of the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and one of the most important.

Senegal's malaria control efforts have enabled the country to significantly reduce malaria-related morbidity and mortality, according to Focus on Senegal, a report released today by the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) as part of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM) Progress and Impact series.

Prominent leaders in global health and development joined several African heads of state yesterday, September 22, 2010, to announce new commitments to accelerate progress toward ending deaths from malaria, a disease that claims the lives of more than 850,000 Africans each year.

President Obama announced the new U.S. Global Development Policy – the first of its kind by an American administration, outlining the new approach and the new thinking that will guide the United States' overall development efforts, including the plan to pursue the Millennium Development Goals.

Malaria advocates from non-governmental organizations, government and faith communities discuss why the most recent efforts against malaria are different from previous efforts.

This morning at the National Press Club, I joined the Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM) to launch the third report from the Progress & Impact Series “Saving Lives with Malaria Control: Counting Down to the Millennium Development Goals”.