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PMI: Presidents Malaria Initiative - Saving lives in Africa.

President's Malaria Initiative E-Newsletter

August 2008

Table of Contents

News
Country-Specific Activities
Technical Areas
New and Updated Resources on PMI.gov

News

Photo of President George W. Bush embracing members of the African Children's Choir Wednesday, July 30, 2008, thanking them for their musical performance at the White House.
President George W. Bush embraces members of the African Children's Choir Wednesday, July 30, 2008, thanking them for their musical performance at the White House. Source: White House photo by Eric Draper
President Bush Signs the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008
This legislation will dramatically increase the financial commitment to help combat global HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria by authorizing up to $48 billion in funds.

"This bill will help us combat the diseases that complicate HIV/AIDS. It commits $4 billion to fight tuberculosis, which is the leading killer of Africans living with HIV. The bill also pledges an additional $5 billion to our Malaria Initiative. Through this Initiative, we've provided malaria treatment and prevention services to more than 25 million people. We've dramatically reduced malaria in many parts of Africa. The additional funds in this bill will help us save even more lives," said President Bush.

Interview With Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer, U.S. Malaria Coordinator
In a recent interview, Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer, U.S. Malaria Coordinator, explained how PMI was launched, how the 15 focus countries were chosen, and how PMI operates within those countries.

Country-Specific Activities top

Zanzibar: Beyond Malaria Control
Photo of two mothers with their children in Zanzibar.
Source: Bob Wirtz, CDC
Zanzibar has made dramatic strides in controlling malaria to the point that malaria is now a rare occurrence. However, this success is fragile due to several factors that require Zanzibar to reduce malaria transmissions even further. PMI looks forward to learning valuable lessons from this next phase of malaria control and how it may apply to other settings where malaria transmission has been reduced.

Revised Malaria Operational Plan Funding Tables and Planning Schedules
A Malaria Operational Plan (MOP) presents a detailed one-year implementation plan for PMI in each designated country. It briefly reviews the current status of malaria control, identifies challenges and unmet needs, and provides a description of planned activities under PMI. Revised funding tables have been added to the fiscal year (FY) 2008 MOPs, and the FY 2009 planning schedule has been announced.

Assessing the True Impact of Malaria in Luanda
Photo of a man walking in front of the Centro de Saude, a new health clinic in Luanda.
Source: Julie Thwing/CDC
Does malaria exist in Luanda? And how can a country’s technical capacity be developed? A recent survey conducted by a PMI team helps answer these questions. The survey was conducted to determine how prevalent malaria was in Luanda and how best to combat malaria. The PMI-funded survey was conducted in 30 health facilities and hospitals throughout Luanda.

Updated Country Profiles
Read updated country profiles for Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.

USAID Awards Cooperative Agreement to Improve Malaria Diagnostics
Medical Care Development International and its partners were awarded a cooperative agreement by USAID for $20 million over five years to improve malaria diagnostics in PMI focus countries.

Technical Areas top

Photo of group supervisor Khoudia Sall (left) and a sprayer helping resident Seynabou Fall remove her household effects in preparations for the second-round of indoor residual spraying in Mbagam, Senegal.
Group supervisor Khoudia Sall (left) and a sprayer help resident Seynabou Fall remove her household effects in preparation for the second round of indoor residual spraying in Mbagam, Senegal. Source: Richard Nyberg/USAID
Voices From the Field
Read success stories about some of PMI’s most effective strategies, including indoor residual spraying (IRS), artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), and insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs).

IRS
ACTs

ITNs

New and Updated Resources on PMI.gov top

PMI Second Annual Report: Progress Through Partnerships – Saving Lives in Africa
Learn about the global challenge of malaria control; the progress PMI has made after two years of implantation; activities in the new PMI focus countries; the success through partnerships; and strengthening health systems and building capacity. New PMI Job Postings
If you have questions or comments, please contact Chris Thomas at ChThomas@usaid.gov.

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