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

This year is the 65th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medical and Hygiene, and there will be a number of special PMI-supported symposia, scientific sessions, and poster presentations. Furthermore, PMI and partners are hosting a TropMed Fireside Chat on Monday, November 14, during which experts discuss efforts to combat malaria.

The FY 2017 Malaria Operational Plans are now available. These plans were developed in collaboration with national malaria control programs, and with participation of national and international partners involved in malaria prevention and control.

This week’s Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership Board meeting has resulted in tremendous progress for the Partnership. Board members gathered in Geneva on Tuesday 27 September and spent two days finalizing the future form and function of the Partnership mechanisms.

Admiral Ziemer shares updates on PMI's work this fall, and describes attending the Global Fund Replenishment Conference in Montreal and the Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) is updating the Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) of the Integrated Vector Management Program for Malaria Vector Control (IVM-MVC) and is soliciting public review and comment on this draft document.

Admiral Ziemer shares updates on PMI's work this summer.

The PMI AIRS Project was part of a study in Ethiopia that evaluated the effect of pH and wall type on the residual life of the carbamates bendiocarb and propoxur as measured by the standard World Health Organization (WHO) cone bioassay test. 

This document provides technical guidance and serves as a reference tool for PMI country teams, national malaria control programs, and other partners implementing PMI-funded malaria activities.

The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership has named a new board to lead the global organization into a new era and drive momentum to end malaria for good. Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer, Global Co-ordinator, President's Malaria Initiative was named as one of the 13 Board members.

Senegal launched its first national universal coverage ITN campaign. The campaign will distribute over 8 million long-lasting ITNs nationwide, of which more than 1.9 million were procured by PMI. 

The PMI AIRS Project’s Women Take Charge in Malaria Prevention video was selected to be featured at the 2016 Women Deliver Conference in Copenhagen May 16-19, 2016.

Admiral Ziemer shares updates on PMI's work this past winter.

President Obama set forth a long-term vision of ending the scourge of malaria during the State of the Union on January 12. To advance the vision of ending malaria, the Administration is requesting $200 million in additional resources, which includes a $71 million increase to the annual funding level and repurposing $129 million in remaining Ebola funds for PMI.

Malaria No More endorses the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) plan to use additional funding in President Obama’s 2017 budget request to expand its malaria elimination efforts across Africa and Asia. The plan was outlined by U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice at a UN Foundation Malaria Champions Summit in Washington, D.C.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria applauded President Barack Obama's request for an additional $200 million for the President's Malaria Initiative in his 2017 budget proposal, showing strong leadership in global health with smart investments that will save lives.

Today, at the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing But Nets Champion Summit, President Obama’s National Security Advisor, Ambassador Susan Rice, announced the Administration’s plans to leverage increased malaria funding by expanding the President’s Malaria Initiative’s (PMI) work in six countries. The announcement came in front of more than 125 youth and advocates from 26 states who have convened in Washington, D.C. to learn the necessary skills to become the next generation of grassroots leaders in the fight to defeat malaria.  

Friends of the Global Fight applauds the Obama Administration’s strong commitment to global health in its budget request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, released yesterday, which includes $745 million for the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI).

Since taking office, President Obama has expanded the groundbreaking efforts of President George W. Bush, who made fighting malaria a top U.S. global health priority through enormously successful investments in PMI and the Global Fund.

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria expressed deep appreciation for President Barack Obama's request for US$1.35 billion for the Global Fund, including $745 million for the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), in his 2017 budget proposal, calling it a demonstration of great commitment to global health.

UNITAID and IVCC (Innovative Vector Control Consortium) announced an initiative to expand the use of new anti-malarial insecticides to maintain the important role of mosquito control in combating malaria.