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Managing Malnourishment Among Children at High Risk of Malaria
Jul 26th, 2010

Malaria Consortium Southern Sudan has received a $1.3 million grant to implement a one year community based nutrition project in seven counties in Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Unity states.
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Project Update: Malaria and NTD Risk Mapping in Ethiopia
Jul 14th, 2010

Malaria Consortium is conducting surveys in schools in Oromia, Ethiopia to understand the conditions in which the transmission of malaria and other diseases take place.
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Spotlight on Malaria at House of Lords
Jul 14th, 2010

London, 13 July: Members of Parliament, the private sector, the media, academia and the International NGO community came together yesterday at a reception at the House of Lords to acknowledge the new coalition govenrment's commitment to malaria.
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Trans-Africa Marathon Enters Final Weeks
Jul 6th, 2010

Adam Wolley updates us on the last few months of this incredible journey from London to Cape Town
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Video: Nigeria - Nets for All
Jul 6th, 2010

Malaria Consortium has produced a series of communications materials to outline its efforts of relieving Nigeria of its malaria burden. These include a new brochure, case studies and a six-minute video: Nets for All.
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DFID Pledges Ongoing Support for Malaria
Jun 30th, 2010

Last night, MPs, experts and interested parties from the malaria community worldwide, gathered at Parliament for the first meeting of All Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (APPMG) under the new coalition government.
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G8 2010: The Forgotten Pledge to Make Poverty History?
Jun 30th, 2010

Last weekend was UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s first international assignment since taking office in May and, for the international development community, it was his most important engagement to date.
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ALERT: Applications Invited for Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe Cross-Border Malaria Initiative (MOZIZA)
Jun 29th, 2010

The Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) invites applications for consideration as Principle Recipient(s) for the Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe cross-border malaria initiative (MOZIZA) Global Fund Round 10 Proposal.
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Achievement in International Development Award: Who is Your Unsung Hero?
Jun 18th, 2010

London, 18 June: Do you know someone who has made an impact, and improved the lives of some of the world’s poorest people? If so, you can nominate them for the Guardian Achievement in International Development Award 2010.
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Investing in Malaria is the Start of Something Big
Jun 2nd, 2010

London, 2 June: Here in the UK, we welcome a new incumbent to the role of Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell. Mr Mitchell takes over the reigns of a department that is underpinned by one key commitment – one that he has said he has every intention of keeping.
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GSK Shares Research Data with the Malaria Community
May 25th, 2010

London, 25 May: In a move unprecedented among pharmaceutical companies, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has made freely available key scientific information on more than 13,500 compounds that could ultimately lead to new treatments for malaria.
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Gates Awards Research Grant for Insecticide-treated Scarves
May 12th, 2010

London, 12 May: Malaria Consortium has been awarded a $100,000 grant to investigate whether treating traditional scarves worn by migrant workers along the Thai-Cambodian border with insecticide will help reduce the overall incidence of malaria.
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The Cost of Malaria
May 11th, 2010

London, 11 May: Malaria is among the five most deadly diseases and is the world’s most serious parasitic infection, transmitted by certain types of mosquito from person to person.
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The Determination of the Long Distance Cyclist
May 7th, 2010

London, 7 May: An intrepid 21 year old, in the middle of cycling the length of Africa solo on a seven-month journey to raise money for Malaria Consortium, has decided to continue his journey despite being involved in a horrific accident last weekend.
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UK Political Parties Make Election Promises on Malaria
Apr 30th, 2010

London, 30 April: With the UK general election less than a week away, each of the main political parties is promising to treat malaria elimination as a top priority as part of their pledge to continue spending on international development. How do the three main parties’ promises compare?
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Secretary-General and Secretary of State call for an end to Malaria
Apr 26th, 2010

London, 26 April: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon have both used World Malaria Day 2010 as an opportunity to speak of the urgent necessity to act against malaria.
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The Fight Against Malaria: Together to the End
Apr 23rd, 2010

London, 23 April - "I get bitten loads of times at night. I get sick five times a year, I think. I do not have a mosquito net. My brother does, but I don't."
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Backsliding in Malaria funding can reverse progress and increase lives lost
Apr 22nd, 2010

New York, 22 April: “To realise the real impact of investments in our fight against malaria, we must not only maintain current funding levels but actually increase them. If we don’t, then the achievements we have made would be short lived,” said Sunil Mehra, Executive Director of Malaria Consortium at a UN reception to mark World Malaria Day.
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Africa charts progress in counting malaria out
Apr 20th, 2010

London, 20 April – With the end of the “Decade to Roll Back Malaria” in sight, 2010 is a milestone year for malaria control. There are now just over 257 days left to meet the challenge of the UN Secretary General to ensure universal coverage with all anti-malarial interventions. An update on malaria progress in Africa reveals that some countries have already begun to “count malaria out”, while others continue concerted efforts to reach the 2010 coverage targets and reduce malaria deaths by half.
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Mozambique Case Study: Orphans Get Malaria Protection
Apr 16th, 2010

London, 16 April - Julio at just eight months old looks spotless after having a bucket bath with the other children in the peaceful gardens of a church mission in Mpilixini, Mozambique. The town has an idyllic setting amid streams and pastures, at the foot of a huge rock visible from the northern city of Nampula, about 12 kilometres away.
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UN Envoy for Malaria: Reaching Milestones and Remaining Vigilant
Apr 16th, 2010

London, 16 April - Malaria will cease to be a killer by 2015 if the world can keep up its current momentum in efforts to combat it.
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New York Times Photography Blog on Malaria: blood, sweat, and tears Exhibition
Apr 12th, 2010

London, 12 April - Award winning photographer, Adam Nadel, recently spoke to the New York Times Lens Blog writer, Valerie Lapinski, about his new multi-media exhibition Malaria: blood, sweat, and tears, currently on display at the United Nations Secretariat Gallery.
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Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge
Apr 8th, 2010

London, 8 April: Paul Anselmo and Fransua Rachmann have taken part in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Charity Challenge to raise money for Malaria Consortium for the second year running. The five-day, 2,200km gruelling off-road motorcycle race through the Liwa desert, crossing some of the world’s most inhospitable and challenging terrain, took place between 27 March and 1 April.
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Global Fund pushes more financial support in treating malaria
Mar 25th, 2010

London, 25 March - The Global Fund yesterday called on rich states to donate up to 15 billion euros for 2011-2013 for its 2010 replenishment.
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Malaria Consortium joins UK Roll Back Malaria Partners in launch of report
Mar 18th, 2010

London, 18 March - A new report confirms that current investment in malaria control is saving lives and reaping far-reaching benefits for countries. But it warns that without sustained and predictable funding, the significant contribution of malaria control toward the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) could be reversed.
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International Development Journalism Competition 2010 launched
Mar 3rd, 2010

London, 3 March - Malaria Consortium is joining the Guardian for the third annual International Development Journalism Competition, which launched today.
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APPMG launches new report on malaria elimination
Feb 26th, 2010

London, 26 February: The All Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (APPMG) has published a new report which attempts to ‘take stock’ of progress on malaria control.
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'Malaria: blood, sweat, and tears' - a photo exhibition previewed in the NY Times
Feb 22nd, 2010

London, 22 February - Elements of a UN photo exhibition Malaria: blood, sweat and tears were previewed in the ‘Week in Review’ section of the New York Times.
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Abu Dhabi Awards $25 million to Roll Back Malaria Partnership
Feb 11th, 2010

London, 11 February 2010: The Abu Dhabi Government announced this week that it has awarded a five-year grant of US$25 million to support the work of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM) to scale-up malaria control worldwide and contribute to achieving the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
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Malaria Consortium 2008-9 Annual Review Launch
Feb 4th, 2010

London, 4 January 2010: Yesterday evening saw the launch of Malaria Consortium’s 2008-9 Annual Review at a reception in Westminster.
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NEWS: African Leaders Meet to Advance the UN's Malaria Control Agenda
Feb 2nd, 2010

London 2 February 2010: African leaders met in Ethiopia yesterday to convene the first working session of the African leaders malaria Alliance (ALMA) to confront the ongoing challenges of meeting the United Nations target of ensuring universal access to malaria control measures across the continent by the end of this year.
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NEWS: GSK is to reveal previously confidential data on thousands of potential anti-malaria compounds
Jan 29th, 2010

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the world’s second biggest drug company, is to reveal previously confidential data on thousands of potential anti-malaria compounds.
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NEWS RELEASE: Malaria Consortium receives $10 million grant
Jan 13th, 2010

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant will go towards improving the performance of community health workers to treat children with Diarrhoea, Pneumonia and Malaria in Africa.
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NEWS: Malaria Consortium photographer wins award
Dec 18th, 2009

William Daniels, a professional photographer who has covered the work of Malaria Consortium twice in Africa, has been awarded the 2009 Photo Philanthropy Excellence Prize
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NEWS: WHO releases new malaria report
Dec 15th, 2009

London, 15 December 2009: International funding for malaria has increased dramatically from US$35 million in 2000 to $652 million in 2007, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) released today.
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NEWS: The MDGs: more than realising Rights
Dec 11th, 2009

London 11 December 2009: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are linked to the realisation of human rights, but they are also simply the right thing to aim for because we share a common sense of humanity and an interest in the elimination of poverty.
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NEWS: Malaria Consortium Response to the United Nations Resolution on Malaria
Dec 10th, 2009

London 10 December 2009: Malaria Consortium welcomes the United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/64/L.28 2001-2010: A Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa.
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NEWS: Comic Relief Celebrities Kick Start Distribution of Mosquito Nets to Every Household In Western Uganda
Dec 2nd, 2009

London 2 December 2009: Five celebrities - Ben Shephard, Chris Moyles, Fearne Cotton, Gary Barlow and Kimberley Walsh - are visiting Uganda to lend their direct support to the start of a mass mosquito-net distribution campaign to help save the lives of thousands of children in Western Uganda.
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NEWS: APPMG Report Calls for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Nov 26th, 2009

London 26 November 2009: A new report launched by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases (APPMG) highlights the tragic burden of some of the world’s most debilitating and neglected tropical diseases (NDTs) and calls for concerted action from the international community to help control and ultimately eliminate them.
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NEWS RELEASE: A Strategic Investment in Malaria Advocacy Brings Major Returns
Nov 26th, 2009

Supporting small scale, community-led advocacy efforts is an extremely cost-effective way of raising local political awareness to ensure government commitment in the fight against malaria. This is the main conclusion of Malaria Consortium’s second Mobilising4Malaria (M4M) case study.
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NEWS: Malaria Consortium Receives Grant for Integration of Malaria-Helminth Control through Uganda Health System
Nov 26th, 2009

London, 26 November 2009: Malaria Consortium, in collaboration with the Vector Control Division (Ministry of Health, Uganda) and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, has been awarded a grant of $45,000 by the Izumi Foundation to support the integrated control of malaria and helminths (intestinal worms and bilharzia) through Uganda’s health system.
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NEWS RELEASE: Resistance to Malaria Drugs Spreading in SE Asia
Nov 20th, 2009

London, 20 November 2009: Despite increased investment in malaria control demonstrating dramatic success, with the latest artemisinin-based drug combinations proving highly efficient as both treatment and defence against resistance by the malaria parasite, there are new indications that resistance to artemisinin-based drugs, already confirmed in Thailand and Cambodia, is beginning to crop up elsewhere in the Southeast Asia region.
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NEWS: Integrated Vector Management Is The Way Forward
Nov 19th, 2009

The first World Health Organisation Integrated Vector Management (IVM) stakeholders' meeting was held in Geneva this week, where participants developed a roadmap aimed at strengthening evidence-based decision-making for new initiatives in vector control.
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NEWS: The Global Fund Awards up to $1.3 Billion for Malaria Projects
Nov 12th, 2009

London, 12 November 2009: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved 17 out of 31 malaria proposals, a total of $609 million over two years and up to $1.3 billion over five years.
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NEWS: Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria Receives Global Fund Project Approval
Nov 12th, 2009

London, 11 November 2009: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved a proposal to expand malaria control across all those at risk from the disease in Cameroon. Malaria Consortium’s partner and affiliate, the Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria (CCAM), will manage the advocacy component of the project.
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NEWS: UK Malaria Community Meet to Discuss 2010 and Beyond
Nov 11th, 2009

While there have been considerable reductions in malaria deaths in endemic countries and the burden of malaria has been lifted for many, it is critical that the malaria community continues to look beyond 2010 towards what is still a large, unfinished agenda.
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NEWS RELEASE: $100 Million to Fight Malaria
Nov 6th, 2009

London, 6 November 2009: Malaria Consortium, the world’s leading non-profit organisation dedicated to the control and prevention of malaria, has been appointed to help implement a new USAID net distribution project worth up to $100 million across Africa.
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NEWS: 5th MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference
Nov 5th, 2009

Malaria Consortium joins 1,500 scientists, policymakers, health care workers, community members, and other experts at a conference in Nairobi this week to highlight new research on malaria.
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NEWS: Malaria Consortium at MIM 2009 - Community Health Workers: Are They Getting the Diagnosis Right?
Nov 3rd, 2009

Nairobi, 3 November 2009: Many malaria-endemic countries realise the importance of home management of malaria in rural settings to reduce mortality in children. However, there are concerns about blood-safety and accuracy of diagnosis when community health workers use malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs). Malaria Consortium reveals research findings to show whether these concerns are justified.
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NEWS: Malaria Consortium on Radio France
Nov 3rd, 2009

Malaria is an incredible burden on Africa; it is one of the biggest causes of mortality in children under the age of five. Pregnant women are also particularly vulnerable to the disease. Yet it is a disease that is both preventable and curable.
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NEWS: Malaria Consortium at MIM 2009 - Evaluation of Distribution Strategies for Universal ITN Coverage
Nov 3rd, 2009

Nairobi 3 November 2009: There is urgent need for the malaria community to understand better the potential of various insecticide treated net (ITN) distribution strategies in Africa, given the shift of focus away from pregnant women and children to more sustained universal coverage.
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NEWS: SEARO Meeting on Malaria
Nov 2nd, 2009

Bangkok, 2 November 2009: Last week, the World Health Organisation Regional Office for South-East Asia (SEARO) convened a Regional Consultation on Integrated Approach to Malaria Control in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Malaria Consortium, which has offices in Thailand and Cambodia, attended the meeting.
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NEWS: The Global Fund Announces Massive Funding to End Malaria in Nigeria
Oct 27th, 2009

London 27 October 2009: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) has signed an agreement representing its largest single malaria initiative with the Federal Ministry of Health of Nigeria, providing resources for 30 million insecticide treated nets (ITNs).
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NEWS: New Tool Allows Integrated Mapping of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Oct 27th, 2009

London, 27 October 2009: Research undertaken by Malaria Consortium and published today in the high profile journal Public Library of Science Neglected Tropical Diseases, shows it is possible to survey major tropical diseases simultaneously, thereby effectively reducing the time and money required to identify and treat areas of greatest burden.
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NEWS: Malaria Consortium at the UK party political conferences 2009
Oct 14th, 2009

During September and October Malaria Consortium and attended the UK party conferences. In the run up to the next general election these conferences presented a key opportunity for the organisation to influence UK policy makers on international development, global health and malaria in particular.
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EVENT: Malaria Consortium/Financial Times host breakfast on economics of fighting malaria
Oct 7th, 2009

London: Malaria Consortium, co-hosted with the Financial Times (FT), a highly successful breakfast briefing today, focusing on The Economics of Fighting Malaria. The event attracted participants from among the corporate sector, as well as representatives from business associations and interested individuals.
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NEWS: Malaria Consortium Warns Against Short Term Fixes
Oct 5th, 2009

Even if 2010 net coverage targets are reached, will it be enough? London: Malaria Consortium, the world’s leading NGO dedicated to the control of the disease, is concerned that while 2010 target for universal mosquito net coverage in Africa is extremely important, it has been oversimplified.
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NEWS: Malaria Consortium launches African Coalitions Against Malaria case study
Oct 2nd, 2009

Today Malaria Consortium is launching the "African Coalitions Against Malaria" case study.
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NEWS: Malaria Consortium featured on CNN's Inside Africa programme
Sep 28th, 2009

SuNMaP, a £50 million DFID funded project led by Malaria Consortium in Nigeria, is highlighted on CNN International
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NEWS: African Leaders Form Alliance to Accelerate Malaria Eradication
Sep 24th, 2009

African Leaders have launched a new high-level initiative to push ahead on the global commitment to protect all those at risk from malaria in Africa by the end of 2010, with the aim of ending unnecessary deaths from the disease by 2015.
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NEWS RELEASE: UK Drive to rid Nigeria of Malaria
Aug 31st, 2009

A new UK-backed campaign, managed by Malaria Consortium, to rid Nigeria of malaria and distribute over 63 million lifesaving bednets launched its second phase in the north of the country today.
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NEWS: WHO Director General Dr Margaret Chan visits Malaria Consortium Uganda
Aug 23rd, 2009

Malaria Consortium was delighted to host a visit in August by Dr Margaret Chan, Director General of WHO, Dr Takada Yamada from the Gates Foundation and UN Special Envoy on malaria, Ray Chambers to its integrated malaria control project Busiro North, Uganda. The visit came as part of the delegation’s tour of Uganda’s progress on malaria prevention, control and treatment.
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NEWS: Malaria Consortium distributes close to a million nets in South Sudan.
Aug 19th, 2009

Malaria Consortium is in the process of handing out over 800,000 mosquito nets in Southern Sudan in order to save lives in one of the world’s most deprived regions.
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NEWS: Malaria Consortium and RBM
Aug 5th, 2009

Malaria Consortium selected to be the secretariat of the Roll Back Malaria Case Management Working Group in Geneva, responsible for addressing the key challenges of malaria case management globally.
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Africa charts progress in counting malaria out – but major efforts are still needed to reach global targets

London, 20th April 2010 – With the end of the “Decade to Roll Back Malaria” in sight, 2010 is a milestone year for malaria control. There are now just over 257 days left to meet the challenge of the UN Secretary General to ensure universal coverage with all anti-malarial interventions. An update on malaria progress in Africa reveals that some countries have already begun to “count malaria out”, while others continue concerted efforts to reach the 2010 coverage targets and reduce malaria deaths by half.
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ALERT: Applications invited for membership of MOZIZA cross-border malaria initiative

The Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) invites interested parties from government, civil society and the private sector to apply for membership of the Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe(MOZIZA) cross-border malaria initiative RCM.
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Applications Invited for Principle Recipient for Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe Cross-Border Malaria Initiative (MOZIZA)

The Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) invites applications for consideration as Principle Recipient(s) for the Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe cross-border malaria initiative (MOZIZA) Global Fund Round 10 Proposal.
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