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NEWS: Malaria Consortium photographer wins award

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. Daniel’s photographs were shot at Malaria Consor…

NEWS: WHO releases new malaria report

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. The 20…

Northern Nigeria: distributing mosquito nets – in pictures

In spite of difficult odds, mass mosquito net distribution campaigns supported by a partnership programme led by Malaria Consortium have been reaching communities in the north of the country with some success.

Almost a quarter of…

NEWS: The MDGs: more than realising Rights

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…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium Response to the United Nations Resolution on Malaria

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. The resolution, adopted by …

NEWS: Comic Relief Celebrities Kick Start Distribution of Mosquito Nets to Every Household In Western Uganda

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 campai…

NEWS RELEASE: A Strategic Investment in Malaria Advocacy Brings Major Returns

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 Co…

NEWS: APPMG Report Calls for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases

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 tropi…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium Receives Grant for Integration of Malaria-Helminth Control through Uganda Health System

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 Izum…

NEWS RELEASE: Resistance to Malaria Drugs Spreading in SE Asia

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 resistanc…

NEWS: Integrated Vector Management Is The Way Forward

London 19 November 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 deci…

NEWS: Cameroon Coalition Against Malaria Receives Global Fund Project Approval

London, 12 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…

NEWS: The Global Fund Awards up to $1.3 Billion for Malaria Projects

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. Partners in the Rol…

NEWS: UK Malaria Community Meet to Discuss 2010 and Beyond

11 November 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 20…

NEWS RELEASE: $100 Million to Fight Malaria

According to the World Health Organisation, around one million people die every year from malaria, mostly African children under the age of five. This is the equivalent of a child dying every 30 seconds from a disease that is both…

NEWS: 5th MIM Pan-African Malaria Conference

Malaria Consortium on the ground at MIM Malaria Consortium staff at the conference:  Day 3 - Elimination /eradication day at MIM Control, elimination, eradication and extermination are successive stages in the wa…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium on Radio France

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 prev…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium at MIM 2009 - Evaluation of Distribution Strategies for Universal ITN Coverage

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 wom…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium at MIM 2009 - Community Health Workers: Are They Getting the Diagnosis Right?

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 diagno…

NEWS: SEARO Meeting on Malaria

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, w…

Preventing blindness in South Sudan - in pictures

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NEWS: New Tool Allows Integrated Mapping of Neglected Tropical Diseases

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 simul…

NEWS: The Global Fund Announces Massive Funding to End Malaria in Nigeria

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 res…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium at the UK party political conferences 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 polic…

EVENT: Malaria Consortium/Financial Times host breakfast on economics of fighting malaria

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…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium Warns Against Short Term Fixes

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…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium launches African Coalitions Against Malaria case study

Today Malaria Consortium is launching the "African Coalitions Against Malaria" case study. The document describes a successful model of engaging African civil society through multi-stakeholder national alliances.It draws…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium featured on CNN's Inside Africa programme

Watch CNN\'s Piece "Nigeria launches a large scale counter-attack against malaria"

Over 60 million long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are being distributed to every household in Nigeria, protecting millions of li…

NEWS: African Leaders Form Alliance to Accelerate Malaria Eradication

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…

NEWS RELEASE: UK Drive to rid Nigeria of Malaria

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. Malaria is a wholly preventable …

NEWS: WHO Director General Dr Margaret Chan visits Malaria Consortium Uganda

Malaria Consortium’s integrated malaria control project in Busiro North, Wakiso district, Uganda, implemented with the Ugandan Ministry of Health, WHO, and other Roll Back Malaria partners was recently visited on the 23rd Au…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium distributes close to a million nets in South Sudan.

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. The Malaria Consortium has been active in the region f…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium and RBM

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NEWS: Malaria Consortium at forefront of South East Asia malaria resistance containment efforts

Malaria Consortium alongside other partners is responding to the serious threat posed by newly developing resistance to the highly-effective artemisinin based drugs, the best drugs currently available to combat malaria. In May…

NEWS: Care by Design chooses Malaria Consortium as 'Charity of the Year'

Care by Design, a medical consultancy firm, has chosen Malaria Consortium to be their Charity of the Year 2009/2010. The director of Care by Design, Angela Nisbet, will be working with Malaria Consortium\'s fundraising team to rai…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium compliments the Conservative party pledge on malaria

Malaria Consortium compliments the Conservative party pledge to spend at least £500 million per year tackling malaria until the Millennium Development Goal on malaria has been met, as outlined in their newly published Intern…

NEWS: Malaria Consortium reaction statement to DFID announcement

Malaria Consortium compliments the UK Government for its support in the drive for malaria elimination.

We welcome, in particular, DFID\'s commitment to provide 30 million long lasting insecticide treated nets between 2010 and 201…

NEWS: New UK Drive to End Malaria Deaths

An additional 30 million bed nets, the development of life-saving new treatments and new funding to increase access to anti-malarial drugs are announced today in a package of measures by International Development Secretary, Doug…

NEWS RELEASE: New report assesses whether the G8 are leading malaria efforts, or lagging behind

2 JULY 2009, LONDON: On the eve of the G8 Summit, and ten years after the Group of Eight made concrete commitments to tackle malaria, the European Alliance Against Malaria (EAAM) launches a report that investigates whether their p…

NEWS RELEASE: An historic health campaign in Nigeria millions of bed nets distributed to prevent malaria deaths

Over 60 million long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are being distributed to every household in Nigeria, protecting millions of lives from malaria. This comprehensive nationwide effort represents an unprecedented opportunity to…

NEWS RELEASE - New report launched on Day of the African Child unveils next steps for EU in fight against malaria

New report launched on Day of the African Child unveils next steps for EU in fight against malaria Malaria, the biggest killer of African children claims about 800,000 lives a year1 London, UK: EMBARGOED until 12.01am CEST 16 …

NEWS RELEASE - Malaria Consortium Secures an Innovative Grant from the Canadian International Development Agency to reduce child deaths in Africa.

Press release London – Friday 24th, April 2009:  Malaria Consortium, the world’s leading not-for-profit dedicated to malaria control, has been awarded 20 million Canadian dollars by the Canadian International D…

NEWS - Uganda: Closing the net on malaria

Guardian Weekly Malaria is a preventable disease, yet it kills at least one million people worldwide every year and is Uganda\'s biggest child killer. As people across the world mark World Malaria Day on 25 April,…

NEWS RELEASE - Comic Relief invests £6.3m to Tackle Malaria

Press release Just days ahead of World Malaria Day 2009 Comic Relief has awarded £6.3m in funding to Malaria Consortium and the Global Fund to help protect over 1m people in Africa from malaria. Comic Relief selected Malar…

NEWS - Count me in: A World Malaria Day hub for the Malaria Community

Malaria Consortium, in partnership with Roll Back Malaria, led in the development of www.worldmalariaday.org, a dynamic and interactive information and advocacy portal. The World Malaria Day website was established to help individ…

EVENT - World Malaria Day 2009: Mauvais Air Photo Exhibition

Malaria Consortium presents an exclusive UK exhibition of William Daniels’ photograph collection, Mauvais Air, to celebrate World Malaria Day 2009. The stunning collection was shot by multi award winning photographer Wil…

NEWS - The Big Picture

Third Sector Photo story using one of William Daniel’s photographs from the Mauvais Air collection. Counting Malaria Out campaign for World Malaria Day 2009.

EVENT - BBC Filming of Malaria Programme for Comic Relief

The BBC and Comic Relief came to Uganda for 12 days (9th to 20th December 2008). Presenter Denise Van Outen visited Iganga District and fellow presenter Fearne Cotton visited Mulago hospital. The Uganda Ministry of Health, Distric…

EVENT - British Parliamentarians see the front line in the fight against malaria

From 16-22 February, Malaria Consortium, on behalf of the European Alliance Against Malaria, organised a parliamentary study tour to Uganda. The tour group comprised four British parliamentarians, three of whom are members of the …

NEWS - Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand and Malaria Consortium sign long-term agreement

The Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University (“Asia’s Leader in Tropical Medicine”), was founded in 1960, and is thus now approaching its 50th Anniversary. It is now firmly established as the hub for trop…