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President's Malaria Initiative Kickoff in Zanzibar

Thousands of people attended the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) kickoff for Tanzania on December 19, 2005, at the Mahonda Police Football Grounds in Zanzibar. The President of Zanzibar led the event, which was also attended by delegates from the U.S. Embassy; the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; the World Health Organization; the United Nations Children's Fund; and several nongovernmental organizations.

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Photo of children attending the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) kickoff in Tanzania at the Mahonda Police Football Grounds in Zanzibar. (click here to see more) Photo of two children at the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) kickoff for Tanzania with Kataa Malaria (Reject Malaria) posters in the background. (click here to see more) Photo of a young mother receiving a long-lasting net at the PMI launch in Tanzania. (click here to see more) Photo of four children playing during the PMI kickoff in Tanzania. (click here to see more)
Photo of a young mother draped with a Kataa Malaria hijab, smiling after receiving a net. (click here to see more) Photo of USAID Mission Director Pam White, U.S. Charge d'Affaires Daniel Purnell Delly and Zanzibar President Abeid Amani Karume handing out a net to a mother during the full-day event. (click here to see more) Photo of a woman reading a poem during the PMI kickoff festivities in Zanzibar, supported by a string orchestra and USAID/Tanzania and Kataa Malaria banners in the background. (click here to see more) Zanzibar’s Chief Minister Hon. Shamsi Vuai Nahodha with US Ambassador Michael Retzer during launch of President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) Campaign in Zanzibar -July 9, 2006 (click here to see more)