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

As events in Washington mark the U.S. government effort to combat malaria in Africa, West Africans, themselves, are busy applying techniques they were unfamiliar with and trying new drugs.

U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) launched the first-ever Senate Working Group on Malaria to help raise awareness and support for efforts to combat the disease that claims more than one million lives each year. 

This is an extraordinary group of people, and if we could bottle the energy and expertise in this room, we would surely have malaria on the run.

Interview with Admiral Timothy Ziemer, Coordinator, US President's Malaria Initiative.

This AllAfrica.com press release covers the official launch of the Congressional Malaria Caucus. 

Covering part of President and Mrs. Bush's six-day trip to Africa, this article in The Washington Post describes Tanzania's progress on the fight against malaria and includes interviews with local residents and clinicians.

This month, Benin conducted one of largest anti-malaria campaigns ever organized in the country.

More than 300 scientists, physicians, public health leaders and top government officials from all corners of the planet have gathered in Seattle this week, by invitation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to discuss how best to combine forces and beat malaria.

The first MCP grants announced by USAID on October 5. The MCP is a $30 million initiative created under the PMI to support the efforts of communities and indigenous organizations to combat malaria in Africa.

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.