Shrinking the Malaria Map

UCSF Global Health Group’s Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI)

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09 August 2016 News August 2016: The latest in malaria elimination Check out our August issue of The Latest in Malaria Elimination.
05 August 2016 News The importance of Global Fund replenishment: GFAN lays out “the Cost of Inaction” in new report The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria is the world’s largest public health financing mechanism, mobilizing approximately US $4 billion per year. An estimated 4.3% of the US $4.5 billion in... Global | Advocacy | Finance | Donor
04 August 2016 News India Health Fund created to address key health challenges, starting with malaria and tuberculosis In February 2016, India announced an ambitious national framework to eliminate malaria by 2030. The formidable technical challenges of achieving this goal will need to be met with sufficient... India Finance | Donor
22 July 2016 News Bill Gates and E8 leaders meet in Durban, South Africa to plan for malaria elimination in southern Africa On the heels of African leaders endorsing a new roadmap to eliminate malaria in Africa by 2030, Bill Gates met with members of the Elimination 8 (E8) Regional Initiative in Durban, South Africa to... Africa Finance | Donor
19 July 2016 News African Union leaders endorse new malaria elimination roadmap to eliminate by 2030 Last week, during the 27th African Union Summit in Rwanda, African leaders endorsed a new roadmap to eliminate malaria by 2030. Africa Policy
17 July 2016 News Global leaders call for increased financing for malaria At a special side event of the 3rd International Conference on Financing for Development entitled Malaria Financing for a New Era: An Exceptional Case for Investment (link is external), global... Finance | Investment
30 June 2016 News June 2016: The latest in malaria elimination Check out our June issue of The Latest in Malaria Elimination.
30 June 2016 News Are we on track? A snapshot of country-level challenges in achieving a malaria-free Asia Pacific by 2030 In recent months, national malaria programs in the Asia Pacific have experienced country-level setbacks in malaria elimination efforts. Vietnam | Republic of Korea | Thailand Asia Pacific Eradication
08 June 2016 News New commentary: How can the Global Fund ensure that malaria eliminating countries receive an appropriate level of investment? The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria has been the largest financial supporter of malaria since 2002. In 2011, the Global Fund transitioned to a new funding model, which... Global | Advocacy | Donor
26 May 2016 News May 2016: The latest in malaria elimination Check out our May issue of The Latest in Malaria Elimination.
Photo Credit: Malaria No More UK 16 May 2016 News Of discussion last week in the UK: Accelerating efforts to shrink the malaria map Our Director, Sir Richard Feachem – head of the UCSF Global Health Group – was in London last week for a parliamentary roundtable discussion. Speaking alongside Dr. Mark Dybul, Executive Director of... Global | Finance | Donor
10 May 2016 News Asia Pacific malaria elimination stakeholders convening in Bangkok for Joint Malaria Week From the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) On May 10-13, 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand, stakeholders from across Asia and the Pacific are convening for a range of meetings on malaria... Asia Pacific Advocacy | Policy
03 May 2016 News "Ending Malaria in Africa by 2030" - commemoration of World Malaria Day in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia More than 300 African health experts and ministry officials convened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in commemoration of World Malaria Day. Notable individuals at the high-level luncheon on “Ending Malaria... Africa Advocacy
25 April 2016 News World Malaria Day 2016: The latest in malaria elimination Check out our inaugural issue of The Latest in Malaria Elimination.
25 April 2016 News Financial Times Op-Ed: Governments and donors must intensify funding to wipe out malaria Op-Ed Contributors: Sir Richard Feachem is director of the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco, and former executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,... Global | Advocacy | Finance | Policy | Eradication
25 April 2016 News UNITAID forecasts rising demand for malaria diagnostics and treatment Two reports published by UNITAID today (April 25, 2016) project rising demand for malaria diagnostics and treatment through 2018, despite recent sharp declines in malaria prevalence worldwide. Over... Response | Surveillance | Diagnostics
21 April 2016 News Malaria-free world possible within a generation, according to Lancet paper Global malaria eradication—led by countries and regions—is possible within a generation, but only with renewed focus, new tools, and sufficient financial support, according to a paper published today... Global | Eradication
21 April 2016 News Malaria-free world possible within a generation, study says Global malaria eradication is possible within a generation, but only with renewed focus, new tools and sufficient financial support, according to a paper published in The Lancet by the Global Health... Global | Eradication
10 March 2016 News Better malaria prevention for pregnant women in Africa Pregnant women can be protected from malaria, a major cause of prematurity, low birth weight and death in infants in Africa, with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP), an artemisinin combination... Africa Response
04 March 2016 News What do we need to achieve a grand convergence in malaria? The pipeline of new tools to detect, treat, and prevent malaria has never been stronger. In collaboration with the Commission on Investing in Health Secretariat, PLOS has released a collection... Global | Tools | Policy
26 February 2016 News New research to help guide use of primaquine in fighting falciparum malaria MEI and collaborators made a strong contribution this week to the peer-reviewed evidence base which informs policies and practices on malaria elimination. Mali Africa Response | G6PD | Primaquine
25 February 2016 News Update on the malaria elimination landscape in Africa: Recent awards, ongoing challenges, new research, and increased financing According to the World Malaria Report 2015, malaria mortality rates in Africa have fallen by 66 percent since 2000. Africa Finance | Surveillance
25 February 2016 News How can the Global Fund ensure that previous investments in malaria are not lost? An article out today in Malaria Journal, Global fund financing to the 34 malaria-eliminating countries under the new funding model 2014-2017: an analysis of national allocations and regional grants, ... Global | Finance | Donor
24 February 2016 News Malaria elimination likely to benefit from Obama Administration’s enhanced budget request for PMI The Obama Administration strengthened its commitment to malaria, with a budget request for an additional $200 million for the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). This additional amount brings the... Finance | Donor

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