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World Malaria Day

What did Malaria Consortium do for World Malaria Day?

Through our various projects Malaria Consortium organised the following activities around World Malaria Day.

World Malaria Day in the UK

From left to right: Gail Cartmail, TUC, Sunil Mehra, Malaria Consortium, Olive Boles, IBLF, Justine Frain, GSK & Martha Osamor, NOW/AWWA

 

Malaria Consortium, the International Business Leaders' Forum, the Nigerian Organisation of Women and the Trades Union Congress jointly organised an event at the Trades Union Congress building, entitled "World Malaria Day in the UK: Mobilising to Save Lives". The event was chaired by Andrew Jack from the Financial Times and the panel of speakers were invited to discuss how their respective stakeholder groups worked in malaria, mobilised against malaria and could connect better with each other. Attendance was approximately 85 people.

The panel comprised of:

and was followed by a Q&A and lunch. A communique was signed by the participants, expressing their commitment to a malaria free world and a joint press release was sent out from the organisers.

To view the MC statement released on World Malaria Day, click here.

A World Malaria Day folder was distributed to all participants with the following items:

World Malaria Day in Uganda

KITGUM

In a colourful event held at Namokora Sub County, Kitgum district joined the rest of the world in commemorating the first ever WMD on the 25th April 2008 and MC took centre stage in coordination of partners and district teams including organization on that day in a bid to galvanize action and showcase meaningful work of Partners in the fight against Malaria as a key partner in malaria. The chief Guest was Kitgum district Resident District Commissioner (RDC) who appreciated the contribution of partners and called for collective responsibility in the fight against malaria- "a disease without borders". The RDC reiterated government and political will in the fight against malaria. The district Health officer said malaria remains the number one killer in Kitgum and called for additional support and partnership to reverse the trend.

The theme for World Malaria Day "Malaria - a Disease without Borders"  emphasizes the need for global collaboration in the fight against malaria, including the need for cross-border strategies, well-documented good practice and coordinated action at all levels- international, regional, national and local.

The Venue: Namokora sub county with stopover for social mobilization in Internally Displaced Camps (IDPs) and sub counties en route to the final venue. Namokora was selected for it has the highest number of cases of malaria reported annually in Kitgum district.

At the local level Kitgum District Health Team came out with the district theme derived out of the global as "Save a life now, prevent and seek early treatment for malaria". In the run-up to World Malaria Day, the Malaria Working Group steered by MC came up with a number of activities mainly informative, advocacy and engaging in discussions with the communities to show the commitment the district and partners have in delivering results of this Millennium Development Goal.

Activities:

  1. Distribution of ITNs. MC contributed 500 Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLINs) out of a total of 786 nets contributed by partners for the day's event. These LLINs were distributed to 300 pregnant mothers through Namokora Health Centre (HC) IV that is supported by MC and 200 children under five years that included nursery and primary school malaria survivours.
  2. Development of banners, radio talk shows and spots
  3. Distribution of IEC materials on Malaria eg leaflets, posters, flyers etc
  4. MC displayed interventions supported in the district and worked closely with HC staff to display demonstration of ITN use, IEC materials including training aides developed in partnership with Ministry of Health.
  5. Primary Schools in Namokora composed songs, dances and poems on Malaria. Plans underway to record some of these local educative songs for local radio stations to run as a tool for community sensitization and education.
  6. Health workers at sub counties and VHTs (CMDs) conducted community mobilization and health education on malaria transmission, prevention strategies and treatment to participants.

KAMPALA

Ugandan Malaria Swim

Organised by Malaria Consortium and the Equator Swim Club, the Uganda Malaria Swim opened on Friday 4th April. Swimmers participating in the three week programme from 4th to 26th April 2008 obtained sponsorship for the distances swam. All swimmers registered with their clubs and schools to participate in the event and covered set marked out distances from around Uganda where malaria is most prevalent.  Distances were plotted on a map of Uganda by the organizers. The event closing ceremony was held on Saturday 26th April at the Kabira Country Club. 

To view the pictorial of the Uganda Malaria Swim Opening ceremony on Friday 4th April 2008, click here

To view the pictorial of the Uganda Malaria Swim Closing ceremony on Saturday 26th April 2008, click here

World Malaria Day in Mozambique

To view the pictures of the Malaria Fair, please click here

World Malaria Day in Germany

Albert Kilian, MC Director of Monitoring & Evalutation was invited (mediated by the EU malaria alliance) to present before the German Parliament Commission on Economic Cooperation & Development. The event was covered by the Parliament newsletter at:
http://www.das-parlament.de/2008/18-19/EuropaWelt/20298627.html (in German)

Sunil Mehra was quotes in the German newspaper "Neues Deutschland" (April 25th 2008). To read click here

World Malaria Day Support Statements & Quotes

We launched a campaign aiming to get Quotes of Support by personalities, celebrities, politicians, and other key stakeholders on World Malaria Day from all over the world. As of April 25th we have 53 statements of support from around the world, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Dame Judi Dench & Jonny Wilkinson as well as heads of business, multilateral organisations, academic institutions , media personalities, African ambassadors, and Charity CEO's.

Desmond Tutu Archbishop Emeritus Jonny Wilkinson Dame Judi Dench Dikembe Mutombo, NBA Professor Paul Hunt His Excellency Mr Berhanu Kebede
Sir Howard Davies, LSE Director Nick Clegg MP Jo Ensor, CEO, AMREF David Cameron MP Jon Snow, Channel 4 Ann M. Veneman, CEO, UNICEF

 

To view the quotes please click on any of the images

 

 

 

 

To view the full list go to http://www.mobilising4malaria.org/pages/en/quotes_and_statements.html

Events Listing

We advertised events happening on or around World Malaria Day at Events section of the Mobilising4Malaria website. In total we were able to advertise 60 different events in 24 countries across America, Europe, Africa & Asia.

To view the communique of the International Malaria conference in Bonn, click here

World Malaria Day button

In February 2008 Malaria Consortium launched a virtual campaign to celebrate the first World Malaria Day. World Malaria Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness of the burden of the disease and mobilise and engage civil society, decision makers and the international community. As part of its Mobilising for Malaria advocacy programme, Malaria Consortium launched a World Malaria Day Button in four languages (English, French, Portuguese and Spanish).

The aim was for as many websites as possible to display the button by 25th April 2008. By April 25th we were aware of over 100 websites displaying the button, including organisations like World Bank, UNITAID, PMI, WHO, DFID and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

The Button provides a quick and easy way for those who want to get involved to do so as it can be displayed on websites and email footers. Displaying the World Malaria Day Button will link visitors to Roll Back Malaria's "World Malaria Day" site where they can find out what events are taking place on World Malaria Day.

To download the button, go to www.mobilising4malaria.org/get_button.php?lang=en

To view the press release of the launch of the virtual campaign, click here

World Malaria Day Button Statement

World Malaria Day on Facebook and MySpace

As part of its virtual campaign to celebrate the first World Malaria Day, Malaria Consortium created a World Malaria Day Facebook page and MySpace Profile for people to engage with. It is hoped that through these two social networks people will be able to show their support for this day and access various initiatives such as the World Malaria Day button.

The World Malaria Day Facebook group has been particularly successful with 180 fans as of April 25th 2008!

Instructions for joining 

World Malaria Day on MySpace – joining this group as a friend enables you to comment on the profile, view pictures and subscribe to blog entries. You can also download the World Malaria Button onto your own MySpace profile in a show of support, using the html code provided at www.mobilising4malaria.org/get_button.php?lang=en

http://www.myspace.com/worldmalariaday

To join the World Malaria Day group you will need to have a registered MySpace profile (to set one up, click here). Please go to the link above and in the “Contacting World Malaria Day” box on the left hand side, click the icon that says “Add to Friends”

 

World Malaria Day on Facebook – becoming a fan of this group enables you to write comments on the Wall & discussion board, join related events, view photos and keep updated with World Malaria Day activities through the notes that are posted. You can also make the World Malaria Day button your profile picture until April 25th in a show of support.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Malaria-Day/23784133664

To become a fan of the World Malaria Day group you need to 1) have a Facebook profile (to set one up, click here) and 2) add the “I am a Fan of..” Application to your profile (go to the above link and if you do not already have it installed, instructions will be in the right hand corner menu). Then please go to above link and click on the “Become a Fan” button in the right hand menu of the page.

For more information or comments, please contact us on info@mobilising4malaria.org

Why a World Malaria Day?

This new international day will help raise awareness and understanding of malaria, a preventable and treatable disease which kills up to 3 million people and affects up to 500 million people in a year. Through donations, volunteering, campaigning, or even just speaking about it, people can make sure that malaria receives the media and public's attention it deserves.

For more stats on the burden of malaria, click here

When is World Malaria Day?

The first World Malaria Day is on 25th April 2008. It will be celebrated annually on the same day.

When was it established?

World Malaria Day was established and approved by the World Health Organisation in March 2007. Click here to view the resolution.

 

Why has it changed from Africa Malaria Day to World Malaria Day?

Africa Malaria Day has taken place every year on the 25th April since 2001. It was a day that was set aside by African governments committed to rolling back malaria and meeting the United Nations malaria-related Millennium Development Goals. But now it is agreed that greater awareness is needed.

It is hoped that the establishment of World Malaria Day will mobilise communities across the world to get involved in fighting the disease and saving lives.

For information on previous Africa Malaria Day's please see below

2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007