President's Malaria Initiative E-Newsletter
Winter 2006
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News
Country-Specific Activities
Ask the Coordinator
Voices from the Field
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President and Mrs. Bush host The White House Summit on Malaria
Speaking at the first ever White House Summit on Malaria on December 14, President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush highlighted the concrete results delivered in just the first year of a five-year, $1.2 billion President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). “Through our early PMI partnerships with the first three focus countries,” explained Mrs. Bush, “aid from the American people has reached about 6 million Africans. Next year, 30 million more will receive life-saving medicines, sprays, and nets as the program expands.” PMI was announced by President Bush June 30, 2005, to reduce malaria deaths by half in 15 focus countries in Africa. Malaria kills more than one million people each year with 80-90 percent being children under five in Africa.
- President Bush Attends White House Summit on Malaria
“One area in which America has a tremendous potential to help is in the fight against malaria. At home, malaria was eliminated decades ago. It is possible to eliminate malaria. In Africa, malaria remains a persistent killer. I think our citizens will be amazed to hear that last year, about a million Africans died of malaria. The vast majority were children under five – their lives ended by nothing more than a mosquito bite. …Now is the time to act."
- Mrs. Bush's Remarks at the White House Summit on Malaria
“This initiative calls on developed countries, private foundations, and volunteer organizations to join to reduce the suffering and death caused by malaria."
- Remarks by Rear Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer, PMI Coordinator, at the White House Summit on Malaria
"The PMI is being implemented with unprecedented speed, and I view it as something of an emergency response... In line with Ambassador Tobias’ leadership, the PMI is based on his core principles of efficiency, accountability and transparency. Success measured on outcomes – lives saved, not dollars spent."
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| Source: Shealah Craighead/ White House |
- President Names Final Eight Focus Countries
At the White House Summit on Malaria, President Bush announced the eight newest PMI focus countries.
- Watch the webcast, read the transcript, or download
a podcast of the Summit.
- White House Fact Sheet on the Summit
The Summit's goals were to raise awareness of malaria and to mobilize a grassroots effort to save millions of lives in Africa.
- PMI Launches Malaria Communities Program
The President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) will launch the Malaria Communities Program, a $30 million initiative to build independent, sustainable malaria-control projects in Africa by providing grants to African NGOs and religious groups to support their malaria-control work.
- Updated PMI Fast Facts
Over 6 million people in Africa have received lifesaving prevention or treatment services since the inception of PMI.
Summit Brochure [PDF, 1.8MB]
- Fighting Malaria, Saving Lives
Download the event brochure and read about the challenge of malaria in Africa.
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- Read country profiles on each of the 15 focus countries in the PMI, including new focus countries: Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali and Zambia
Malaria Operational Plans for Fiscal Year 2007
Photo Galleries
| Ask the Coordinator |
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- Read Cathryn's full question and Coordinator Ziemer's response
- E-Mail your questions about PMI or a malaria program directly to Coordinator Ziemer
- Q&A with Coordinator Ziemer on the Summit
| Voices from the Field |
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| Source: Karie Atkinson/USAID | |
Without lifesaving anti-malarial drugs, Zainabu Hamis Maubi would not be alive today. Through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), the 2-year-old received artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) to cure her malaria.
If you have questions or comments, please contact Chris Thomas at ChThomas@usaid.gov.
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