President's Malaria Initiative E-Newsletter
Summer 2006
Welcome to the summer 2006 issue of the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) e-newsletter. In this issue, you will receive the latest news about the three first-year countries and see details about the four new countries. Additionally, this newsletter contains links to PMI speeches made by First Lady Laura Bush and Ambassador Randall L. Tobias. Finally, you can also find information about the new PMI Coordinator, including how to contact him!
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Table of Contents
News
- First Lady Laura Bush Announces Phase II Countries Under PMI
- Remarks by First Lady Laura Bush and Ambassador Tobias at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
- Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer Visits Senegal
- Angola Launches Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Net (ITN) Distribution Program With Assistance From PMI
- PMI Adds to the Measles Malaria Campaign
- With PMI Support, House-to-House Spraying to Kill Mosquitoes That Transmit Malaria Begins on Zanzibar
- Uganda Spraying Effort Yields High Participation
- PMI Fast Facts
Country-Specific Activities
- First-Year Countries Fiscal Year (FY) 2006: Angola, Tanzania, Uganda
- Second-Year Countries FY 2007: Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal
Ask the Coordinator Feature
- Biography of Admiral R. Tim Ziemer
- Interview with Coordinator Ziemer
Voices from the Field
- Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer Visits Senegal
- Return of the Rainbow Expedition
- Zanzibari Women Tackle Malaria
- Present PMI Actions
- Future PMI Actions
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First Lady Laura Bush Announces Phase II Countries Under PMI
On June 8, Mrs. Bush announced Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Senegal as the newest countries to be added to the President’s Malaria Initiative, an historic $1.2 billion, five-year initiative to control malaria in Africa announced by President Bush on June 30, 2005. These four nations will join Tanzania, Uganda, and Angola as PMI focus countries.
Remarks by First Lady Laura Bush and Ambassador Tobias at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
Read remarks by Mrs. Bush and Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator, on June 8 during the announcement of the PMI Phase II countries and the new malaria coordinator.
Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer Visits Senegal
Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer, the newly appointed U.S. Malaria Coordinator, made his first field trip to Senegal in July to introduce and discuss PMI with government representatives. [French Translation]
Angola Launches Insecticide-Treated Mosquito Net (ITN) Distribution Program With Assistance From PMI
In July, Angola began distributing insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) to almost 1 million households with young children as part of a major malaria and childhood vaccination campaign that aims to reach more than 3.5 million children under age 5, Reuters Health reports.
PMI Adds to the Measles Malaria Campaign
In partnership with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria and, through PMI, USAID, the government of Angola has launched the “Viva Vida,” or “Live Life With Health,” campaign to provide lifesaving interventions for Angolan children. The integrated campaign is targeting more than 3.5 million children with measles and polio vaccinations, vitamin A, deworming medication, and long-lasting insecticide-treated nets.
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| An IRS sprayer training in Zanzibar. Source: RTI |
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With PMI Support, House-to-House Spraying to Kill Mosquitoes That Transmit Malaria Begins on Zanzibar
On July 9 at a ceremony in Zanzibar’s Central District, U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Michael Retzer helped launch a $2 million indoor residual spraying campaign that will kill malaria-causing mosquitoes and thereby improve the quality of life for families in Unguja and Pemba.
Uganda Spraying Effort Yields High Participation
Families are welcoming sprayers in more than 90 percent of the 120,000 homes in northern Uganda targeted under PMI for indoor residual spraying. In Kabale, a malaria epidemic-prone district that is one of Uganda’s hardest-hit areas, spray teams are using the insecticide ICON to provide coverage for half a million people. Recent wall samples demonstrate that the spraying is effective – all live mosquitoes exposed to treated walls died within one hour.
PMI Fast Facts [PDF, 56KB]
Read more about the President's Malaria Initiative, including information on U.S. Government leadership, program focus areas, target countries, first-year results, and upcoming activities.
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| A woman and her newborn, just 25 days old, wakes up in Zanzibar each morning under a long-lasting insecticide-treated net. Source: USAID | |
For more information about country-specific activities, click the links below:
- First-Year Countries Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Angola [PDF, 144KB], Tanzania [PDF, 195KB], Uganda [PDF, 133KB]
- Second-Year Countries FY 2007
Malawi [PDF, 81KB], Mozambique [PDF, 80KB], Rwanda [PDF, 76KB], Senegal [PDF, 74KB]
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If you have any questions about PMI or a malaria program, please send Coordinator Ziemer an e-mail at askthemalariacoordinator@usaid.gov. We promise a response! The most pertinent and informative questions and answers will be posted in the next quarterly e-newsletter.
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| U.S. Malaria Coordinator Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer, left, and USAID/Senegal Director Olivier Carduner, address residents outside the health hut in Yabo Yabo in Senegal's Thiadiaye health district. The community performed skits and songs conveying messages on how best to prevent and treat malaria among children and pregnant women. Source: R. Nyberg/USAID |
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Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer Visits Senegal
View photos from Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer’s trip to Senegal in July. “I am encouraged by the strength of the national malaria program,” Mr. Ziemer said after discussions with officials and after touring several health facilities in the country. “We are looking forward to coming alongside the Government of Senegal and other partners to meet the objectives of PMI and the national malaria program for the benefit of the Senegalese people."
Return of the Rainbow Expedition
The USAID-supported African Rainbow Expedition, with its successful “One Net, One Life” campaign to save lives through malaria prevention, has finally reached Omuhipiti – better known as Ilha de Mozambique, the one-time Portuguese capital of Mozambique and now a colorful “lost in time” World Heritage site.
Zanzibari Women Tackle Malaria
Jamila Hassan has worked for the Zanzibar Ministry of Health for more than 25 years. As an educator, health advocate, and mother of three, she has dedicated her life to maintaining the health and welfare of her family and community. At age 44, she has had malaria 15 times and her 19-year old son Saadiq is currently infected.
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Present PMI Actions
- U.S. Government teams are in Mozambique and Rwanda working with nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and the respective Ministries of Health to plan first-year PMI activities.
- Coordinator Ziemer and the malaria team recently returned from Senegal where they planned first-year activities with local NGOs and the Ministry of Health.
Future PMI Actions
- Watch for new country plans and resources on www.fightingmalaria.gov!
- Look for the answers to “Ask the Coordinator” in the next PMI e-newsletter
- Plus results from the first- and second-round countries
If you have questions or comments, please contact Chris Thomas at ChThomas@usaid.gov.
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