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Gates Foundation Pledges $912M to Combat Global Health Funding Cuts

At the 2025 Goalkeepers event, Gates Foundation Chair Bill Gates addressed an audience of more than 1,000 global government, community, philanthropy, and private-sector leaders with a stark but hopeful call to action: save millions of children’s lives and make some of the deadliest diseases history by 2045. “Humanity is at a crossroads. With millions of […]

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Malaria To Kill 300,000 More People If Critical Funding Not Received

Heads of State and Government at the UN General Assembly warn that funding for malaria must be increased if we are to prevent one of world’s oldest deadly diseases from resurging in the next five years  Ahead of the Global Fund Replenishment next year, Heads of State and Government gathering at the United Nations General […]

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Malaria – We’ve Barely Scratched The Surface

Malaria is frequently referred to as a disease of poverty. For many people, malaria is a daily reality that affects not only their health, but their mental and financial stability, family life, work, and education, too. Even if they recover physically, the long-term effects prove to be a burden.  Malaria is the sixth leading cause of death in low-income […]

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How To Stop Five-Year-Olds From Dying Every Minute This World Malaria Day

Key players must come together to tackle $ 3.7 billion funding shortfall needed to end malaria Goodbye Malaria calls for government, business, and non-profit sectors to work together to eliminate malaria in southern Africa by 2030. Malaria is a preventable and curable disease. Despite tremendous progress made to curb malaria in Africa, it still kills a […]

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Proven Vector Control Interventions Needed To Stem Malaria Infections In Africa

By Aimable Twahirwa Experts recommend that the current prevention of malaria in highly endemic countries in Africa should integrate “locally appropriate” control measures to cope with the highest burden of mosquito-borne disease on the continent. The latest 2023 World Malaria Report shows that the life-threatening disease remains a significant public health challenge, with both malaria incidence and mortality higher […]

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WHO’s World Malaria Report 2023 Highlights Critical Link Between Climate Change And Malaria

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its annual World Malaria Report, providing a comprehensive analysis of global malaria control and elimination trends. According to the report, malaria remains a deadly threat to millions of people worldwide, revealing a significant global increase in malaria cases, reaching 249 million in 2022—7% higher than pre-pandemic levels. The […]

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Climate Change Identified As Serious Threat In Fight To End Malaria

New findings published today by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its 2023 World Malaria Report have revealed that the number of malaria cases globally rose between 2019 (pre-pandemic) and 2022. Cases rose by 16 million in this period, from 233 million to 249 million. This figure is now 7% higher than prior to the pandemic, […]

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Innovative Funding, A Key Strategy In The Fight Against Malaria

On the occasion of World Malaria Day, Speak Up Africa and its partners reiterate the urgency to mobilize communities, political leaders and private businesses to develop and support innovative funding initiatives to end malaria.  Significant progress has been made in the control of malaria through joint efforts of global actors and national programs. According to […]

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Mozambique, South Africa And Eswatini Receive Third Regional Grant To Fight Malaria

The governments of Mozambique, South Africa and Eswatini, in partnership with The Global Fund, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Goodbye Malaria, today celebrated the launch of the third MOSASWA regional grant following the successful completion of two previous grants. MOSASWA is a trilateral agreement between the governments of Mozambique, South Africa and Eswatini, […]

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Threat Of Malaria Requires Urgent Response

Country leaders and all partners must urgently step up efforts to get the fight against malaria back on track or risk seeing cases and deaths substantially increase in the coming years The World Malaria Report 2022 reveals: New findings published today by the World Health Organization (WHO) in its annual World Malaria Report show that the […]

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