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• The Youth Workstream will leverage the unique energy and innovative thinking of young people to drive forward malaria elimination efforts • Four youth advocates have been nominated from endemic countries as Co-Chairs of the Youth Workstream • The Youth Workstream will focus on five strategic pillars of activity – networking, capacity building, integration, amplification, […]
...The GDP of countries in Africa could rise by an additional $126.9bn if the UN target to cut malaria by 90% from 2015 levels by 2030 is met, according to research in a new report titled ‘The Malaria Dividend’ from Malaria No More UK.[i] This represents an average boost of nearly $16bn a year to […]
...Ministers from African countries with the highest burden of malaria have today signed a declaration marking their commitment to reducing malaria mortality and agreeing on key actions to accelerate progress towards achieving global targets to end malaria. Gathering in Yaoundé, Cameroon, at a conference hosted by WHO, African Ministers of Health also pledged to further […]
...Over $US 4 billion in funding committed at major global summit by governments, private sector and international organisations Global leaders led by African Heads of State have today announced the first in a series of pledges to accelerate progress against malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) at the historic Kigali Summit on Malaria and NTDs. […]
...By Yacine Djibo, founder and executive director of Speak Up Africa, a nonprofit based in Dakar, Senegal, focused on public health and development in Africa. Nobel Peace Prize winner, Kailash Satyarthi once said: “…In a globalized world, you cannot live in isolation; all the problems and solutions are interconnected …” Health challenges, like many others […]
...Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative supports global movement for malaria elimination in Africa Today, Ecobank Group confirms its commitment to support ending malaria, launching the first-of-its-kind Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative in partnership with Dakar-based policy and advocacy action tank Speak Up Africa and the UN-hosted RBM Partnership to End Malaria. The new programme is […]
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