Events, Press Releases and Success Stories

Events

• World Malaria Day - 04/25/08
  April 25, 2008 marks the first World Malaria Day. Learn more about the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the progress being made in the fight against malaria.
• Africa Malaria Day - 04/25/07
  Read new success stories from Madagascar and Senegal on the PMI Web site, plus other news and information related to Africa Malaria Day.
• International Women's Day - 03/08/07
  To commemorate International Women’s Day 2007, USAID celebrates successes in improving women’s health worldwide.
  
• The White House Summit on Malaria - 12/14/06
  President and Mrs. Bush hosted the first ever White House Summit on Malaria in Washington, D.C., where they discussed and highlighted measures for combating this preventable disease.
  
  • Watch the webcast here
    
• Fighting Malaria Globally - 09/18/06
  This congressional briefing on malaria, held in Washington, D.C., included information about the current state of the malaria crisis and strategies to end unnecessary malaria deaths.
  
• Fourth MIM (Multilateral Initiative on Malaria) Pan-African Malaria Conference - 11/13/05 to 11/18/05
• Africa Malaria Day - 04/25/06
• Africa Malaria Day - 04/25/05
• Africa Malaria Day - 04/25/04
• Africa Malaria Day - 04/25/03

Press Releases

2008

• U.S. Announces Community Grant Awards to Fight Malaria - 10/23/08
• USAID's Richard Greene Named Employee of the Year - 09/17/08
• USAID Administrator Tours Ghana Malaria Control Center - 09/03/08
• Press Statement: From Henrietta H. Fore, USAID Administrator and Admiral Timothy Ziemer, PMI Coordinator - On the Observance of World Malaria Day 2008
• Eight in Ten Malian Households With Children Protected by Lifesaving Mosquito Nets Following Ministry of Health National Child Health Campaign - 04/25/08 [PDF, 135KB]
• USAID Participates in White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Conferences in Rwanda and Zambia - 04/01/08
• PMI trains Senegalese lab technicians, donates microscopes - 03/28/08
• PMI launches second round of indoor residual spraying in northern Senegal - 03/08/08

2007

• President's Malaria Initiative announces major local program to battle disease - 11/27/07
• USAID/Senegal takes part in Africa Outside Edge Bednet Distribution - 11/11/07
• USAID Announces First Malaria Communities Program Grants - 10/05/07
• Africa Malaria Day: U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative provides $16 million for Senegal in 2007 - 04/25/07
• USAID Names Dr. Bernard Nahlen to be Deputy Coordinator of the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) - 01/29/07

2006

• U.S. Announces New $150 Million Indoor Residual Spraying Contract for Malaria Prevention - 12/22/06
• USAID Launches $75 Million Health Program in Senegal - 11/9/06
• Drive to Retreat 100,000 Bednets Under Way - 11/9/06
• First Lady Laura Bush Announces Phase II Countries Under President's Malaria Initiative - 6/8/06
• Fighting Malaria in Africa: U.S. to Sponsor Low-Cost Mosquito Net Program in Uganda, Benefiting More Than 1 Million - 04/25/06
  
• On Africa Malaria Day, The President's Malaria Initiative is Touching Lives and Bringing Hope - 04/24/06
  

• U.S. Jumpstarts the President's Malaria Initiative and Ushers in Expanded Resources for Angola and Tanzania - 12/15/05
• Battling Malaria in Africa, USAID Anticipates Nearly $100 Million Award for Widescale Spraying Program - 11/18/05
• Statement by Administrator Natsios Regarding the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commitment to Malaria Research - 11/01/05
• First Lady Laura Bush Joins African Leaders in Historic Declaration to Reduce the Burden of Malaria - 09/15/05
  • Mrs. Bush's Remarks at a Fighting Malaria in Africa USAID Dinner
• U.S. Pledges Additional $1.2 Billion to Combat Malaria in Africa - 09/15/05
• President Bush to Increase U.S. Funding to Fight Malaria by $1.2 Billion - 06/30/05
• President Bush's Malaria, Education Initiatives Support Africa's Future - 06/30/05
• Statement by USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios on the President's Initiative on Malaria - 06/30/05
• Meeting Aims to Step Up Anti-Malarial Drug Production - 06/07/05
• Commentary: Conquering Malaria - 04/27/05
• America Battles Malaria Every Day - 04/24/05
• Positive Signs Appear in Fight Against Malaria in Africa - 02/16/05

2004

• U.S. Partnering to Fight Malaria, Tuberculosis in Africa - 09/04
• Setting the Record Straight on Malaria - Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post by Dr. E. Anne Peterson - 04/25/04

2002

• USAID Expands Successful Malaria Control Program - 05/09/02

2001

• USAID Awards $3.7 Million Cooperative Grant to Develop Malaria Vaccine - 10/03/01

Success Stories

• Senegal Strings Up 615,000 Bednets - 07/08
• Rural Health Huts Provide Crucial Care - 06/08
• Spraying Protects 700,000 Senegalese - 06/08
• Expanding the Mosquito Net's Reach - 06/08
• Bednets Go Beyond Malaria Prevention - 10/06
• Zanzibari Women Fight Malaria - 08/06
• Reducing Malaria in Migrant Populations - 06/06
• U.S. Malaria Effort Helps to Save Lives in Angola - 06/06 [PDF, 112KB]
• Fighting Malaria with Bed Nets - 05/06
• Insecticide Nets Keep Malaria at Bay - 05/06
• Better Nets Trap Malarial Mosquitoes - 05/06
• Women Fight Malaria and Earn More - 04/06
• Bringing Healthcare Closer to Home - 03/06
  • Free and Highly Subsidized Nets to Prevent Malaria (high-res photo)
• Combating Malaria in Tanzania - 03/06
• Mosquito Nets Save Lives In Madagascar - 03/06
• Preventing Malaria Among Pregnant Women - 03/06
• Better Bednets Provide New Hope in Reducing Malaria - 02/06
• Mozambique Malaria Trial Described as Breakthrough in Search for Vaccine - 10/05
• NIAID Launches Malaria Vaccine Trial in Africa - 02/05
• Herbal Medicine Fights Malaria - 02/05
• USAID's Key Achievements