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From the UCSF News CenterThe Royal Society of Medicine will present the Richard T. Hewitt Award for distinguished achievement in the improvement of human health to Richard Feachem, KBE, FREng, DSc(…

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On September 6th, Sri Lanka made history as one of the first South Asian countries to receive the WHO’s malaria-free certification. The WHO’s Director General, Margaret Chan, presented the…

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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…

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…

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…

Last week, during the 27th African Union Summit in Rwanda, African leaders endorsed a new roadmap to eliminate malaria by 2030.

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…

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In recent months, national malaria programs in the Asia Pacific have experienced country-level setbacks in malaria elimination efforts.

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…

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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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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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 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…

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…

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…