Malaria Watch (tv)
Demand Creation: NetmarkA recent documentary on NetMark—a project funded by USAID to distribute bednets across Africa by bridging the gap between the private and public sectors—highlights the successes and future of malaria control.
Watch it here...
Neglected Tropical DiseasesThe Congressional Malaria Caucus held a briefing announcing its expansion to include Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Watch it here...
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An Open Letter to President Obama
 A coalition of global health partners sent President Obama an open letter this past Friday. Malaria No More, ONE, The White Ribbon Alliance, U.S. Coalition for Child Survival, Friends of the Global Fight and others joined in authoring the letter. At this crucial time in the fight against malaria, the global health partners presented the President with a budget request for fiscal year 2011.
Learn more about the letter...
MPC Applauds Shah Nomination
 The Malaria Policy Center and Malaria No More applauds President Obama on the nomination of Dr. Rajiv Shah to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
As the agency responsible for carrying out the work of the President's Malaria Initiative and a number of global health efforts, USAID is poised to continue down the path that will allow the world to achieve disease elimination.
Learn more about Shah...
The Loss of Money to Malaria
 Nigeria loses close to $1 Billion a year due to the fight against malaria. In Africa, malaria accounts for close to 40% of health expenditures. This makes moving out of poverty impossible and families are force to choose between food or malaria meds. We must continue to fight this disease and lift the burden off or families in Africa.
Learn more about the economic impact of malaria...
United Against Malaria
 United Against Malaria is a partnership of soccer teams and heroes, celebrities, health and advocacy organizations, governments, corporations and people like you who have united ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa to win the fight against malaria. Our goal is to galvanize partners throughout the world to reach the United Nations target of universal access to mosquito nets and malaria medicine in Africa by the end of 2010, a crucial first step to reaching the international target of reducing deaths to near zero by 2015.
Learn more about Untied Against Malaria..
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