Press Releases
MC World Malaria Day Statement
London, Friday 25 April 2008. On the first World Malaria Day, Malaria Consortium calls for the mobilisation and commitments for action by all stakeholders in the response to malaria across the world.
World Malaria Day 2008 in the UK - NGOS, BUSINESSES AND TRADE UNIONS UNITE AGAINST MALARIA
LONDON, 25 APRIL 2008: On the first World Malaria Day, Malaria Consortium, International Business Leaders’ Forum, Nigerian Organisation of Women and Trades Union Congress are calling for the mobilisation and commitments for action by all UK civil society stakeholders in the response to malaria.
OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 2008 WORLD SWIM AGAINST MALARIA
OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 2008 WORLD SWIM AGAINST MALARIA
UGANDA FRIDAY 4TH APRIL 2008
Brown in £100m war on malaria
Gordon Brown has announced that Britain will provide 20 million extra bed nets to help in the fight against malaria - one sixth of the estimated world shortage. He made this annoucement on a special edition of American Idol.
Distinguished Prize for Malaria
The Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize for medical research has been awarded to Brian Greenwood for his bold and innovative work on malaria. At a time when malaria was spreading uncontrollably across the African continent claiming more than 1 million lives a year, Greenwood contributed to creation and designing of effective strategies to control malaria. His crucial contributions in malaria research greatly helped developing the tools and knowledge that are essential in turning the tide on this terrible disease. His work brings hope where very recently only despair existed.
MTN DONATES 200 MILLION UGANDAN SHILLINGS TO MALARIA CONSORTIUM
The MTN Foundation, MTN's CSR arm has partnered with the Malaria Consortium in the fight against Malaria by donating 200 million Ugandan shillings
MALARIA CONSORTIUM AND THE GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT JOURNALISM COMPETITION
London, Monday 10 March 2008: Malaria Consortium (MC), the leading malaria non-governmental organisation in Europe, is teaming up with The Guardian newspaper and seven other organisations to launch a unique journalism competition.
Spanish Government Commits EUR 5 Million To DNDi'sResearch For New Medicines For Neglected Diseases
Spain's Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional (AECI) granted EUR 5.0 million to the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) for essential research and development (R&D) of drugs for neglected diseases such as human African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, and malaria.
Malaria Consortium’s Statement for International Women’s Day 2008
London, Friday 7 March 2008. On the eve of International Women's Day 2008, Malaria Consortium is calling for an increase in targeted malaria interventions towards pregnant women.
Launch of Roll Back Malaria World Malaria Day website
The World Malaria Day is fast approaching and preparations for this exceptional advocacy opportunity are well underway around the world.
To help galvanize action and showcase the meaningful work of the RMB Partners, the RBM Secretariat has launched today a dedicated website for the first World Malaria Day (WMD) that the Partnership will commemorate together.
THE GLOBAL FUND OPENS ITS EIGHTH FUNDING ROUND
Geneva – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today began accepting proposals for a new funding round, emphasizing the importance of scaling up service delivery to key affected populations and strengthening health systems. The Global Fund also recommends that both government and nongovernmental organizations be included as recipients of grants
Malaria Consortium launches World Malaria Day Virtual Awareness Campaign
Malaria Consortium, as part of its programme "Mobilising for Malaria", is launching a virtual campaign, using the internet to involve people for the first World Malaria Day, which takes place on the 25th of April 2008.
President Bush Announces New Global Initiative To Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases
Today, President Bush has challenged the world to reduce dramatically and eventually control and eliminate the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) as a major threat to health and economic growth in the developing world.
Gordon Brown calls for new action plan on child mortality
The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has today expressed concern that the international community has fallen behind its commitment to reduce child mortality by two-thirds by 2015, calling for a new action plan to 'regain the ground lost'.
US businessman Chambers to head UN malaria drive
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations appointed U.S. businessman and philanthropist Ray Chambers on Thursday as special envoy for malaria to lead an ambitious bid to slash deaths from the disease in the next few years.
Uganda: Free Nets Changing Lives of Women in Amuria
New Vision (Kampala)
13 January 2008
The story of Health Centre III in Amuria district, northern Uganda.
DNDi Receives $25.7M from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Develop New Medicines for Neglected Diseases
12 December, Geneva, Switzerland: The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) has received a USD 25.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to research and develop new medicines to treat human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, and visceral leishmaniasis (VL).
Spanish Parliament approve private member bill on Malaria
The Spanish Parliament approved the private member bill on Malaria which European Alliance Against Malaria partner, Federación de Planificación Familiar Estatal F.P.F.E, presented to them last month.
UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Health Calls on All Actors to Fulfil their Human Rights Duties in the Fight against Malaria
London, Tuesday 11 December 2007 - Yesterday, on Human Rights Day, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Professor Hunt, called for urgent monitoring and accountability and better coordination from all parties - developing and developed states, the international community, and the private and public actors, including pharmaceutical companies - to ensure the "Right to the highest attainable health" for all, and to fight malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that kills more than 1 million people every year.
CHOGM 2007: The Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting
Every two years, Commonwealth leaders meet for a few days to discuss global and Commonwealth issues, and to agree collective policies and initiatives. This year CHOGM was held in Kampala, Uganda from the 23rd-25th November. 16 Presidents and 20 Prime Ministers attended.
RBM Partnership Board gives the go ahead for the further development of an Affordable Medicines Facility - malaria (AMFm)
On 29 November, the RBM Partnership Board gave the go ahead for the further development of an Affordable Medicines Facility - malaria (AMFm) - a ground breaking initiative to improve access to safe, effective and affordable malaria medicines.
Malaria Community Applauds Clinton $1 Billion a year pledge; Invites other Candidates to make Malaria Commitments
Addis Ababa – Thursday 29, November 2007: U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton today pledged to expand the U.S. government commitment to malaria to US$1 billion a year if elected, setting the goal of ending malaria-related deaths in Africa by the end of her second term. The campaign said this funding would be in addition to U.S. government support of malaria control through the World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, which finances the majority of malaria control efforts around the world.
A World AIDS Day Message from Malaria Consortium
On this World AIDS Day 2007, Malaria Consortium calls for increased partnership working and collaboration between malaria and HIV advocates in order to reduce the burden of the diseases.
Global malaria community in Ethiopia to plan intensified battle against disease
Addis Ababa – Wednesday 28, November 2007: Health Ministers, heads of agencies, philanthropists, and many of the world's leading institutions in the global fight against malaria are meeting in Addis this week to endorse approaches to escalate malaria prevention, treatment and care and achieve high level coverage with malaria control over much of the African continent.
Malaria Consortium Supports Launch of Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria in new Report
London, Thursday 22nd November 2007. Today the All Party Parliamentary Malaria Group publishes a report on a new mechanism aimed at making malaria treatment affordable in the developing world.
Global Fund Approves Seventh Round of Grants
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today announced a total of US $471 million for malaria control over the next two years - the largest amount approved for malaria control in a single round of grant-making.
NEW INNOVATION GRANTS BOOST MALARIA ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN AFRICA
London, 5/11/07. Malaria Consortium announced today three grants for malaria advocacy to civil society organisations covering twelve African countries.
Museveni opens AIDS drugs factory
Visit of Stephen O’Brien MP, Chair of Malaria Consortium, to Uganda and Mozambique
Stephen O’Brien MP, Chair of the Malaria Consortium and Conservative Shadow Minister for Health/Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Malaria Group, went on a visit to Uganda from the 17th - 23rd September and to Mozambique from the 23rd-27th. The purpose of his visit was to see first hand the work of the Malaria Consortium on the ground in these two countries.
Conservative Fringe - Global Health and the MDGs: What Next?
This fringe meeting was the final one in a series of three, hosted by two new European advocacy networks, Action for Global Health and European Alliance Against Malaria and the NGO Results, bringing together six organisations in the UK: TB Alert, Interact Worldwide, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Malaria Consortium, Results UK and Bartley Robbs Consultants, with support from a wide range of European partners including the Red Cross EU Office and ActionAid.
Labour Fringe - Financing the Health MDGs
Liberal Democrat Fringe - The Health MDGs: What Next?
NGOs come together to make healthcare for all a reality: now is the time for European donors to put their money where their mouths are.
Conference on the health Millennium Development Goals calls on Europe to expand its role