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

Rapid diagnostic tests, or RDTs, are becoming an increasingly important method for detecting malaria.

On December 14, 2006, The President And Mrs. Bush Will Host The First-Ever White House Summit On Malaria In Washington, D.C. The White House Summit on Malaria will bring together international experts; corporations and foundations; African civic leaders; and voluntary, faith-based and non-profit organizations. 

With the assistance of the President’s Malaria Initiative, we are on the verge of conquering malaria.

Health officials in Zanzibar began spraying thousands of households with a non-toxic insecticide in an effort to control the breeding of mosquitoes that transmit malaria.

Today, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced that it will collaborate with the Government of Uganda to implement a 19-district insecticide re-treatment program for 715,000 bed nets to protect more than 1 million residents from malaria.

Approximately 90% of the estimated 1 million deaths caused by malaria each year occur in Africa, where every 30 seconds a child dies from malaria.