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

On April 25, as the United States marked its first Malaria Awareness Day and commemorated Africa Malaria Day, the U.S. Government announced three public-private partnerships to battle malaria. The announcement came on the day we stand in solidarity with people and communities across the globe in the fight against this disease, with great hope for a better future for African children and families.

RTI International has launched an anti-malaria spraying campaign that will treat 155,000 households in Rwanda as part of the President's Malaria Initiative.

PMI donates 580,000 sets of Coartem and additional funding to Angolan authorities to help fight malaria.

Rear Admiral Timothy Ziemer, the PMI Coordinator, announced his intent to name Dr. Bernard Nahlen to serve as Deputy Coordinator of PMI. 

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.