Rights and advocacy
The scale of political and financial commitment currently dedicated to malaria control is unprecedented. Momentum began in 1998 with the call by the previous Director General of the World Health Organization to 'roll back malaria'.
Key milestones since then have been the launch of the global Roll Back Malaria Partnership, the main advocacy initiative for malaria; the Abuja Declaration reflecting the convergence of political momentum, institutional and technical consensus; the Millennium Development Goals, G8 Okinawa and Genoa summits; the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, and most recently, the establishment of the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria.
- Tackle malaria today: give tomorrow a chance
- This report was published by the Medicines for Malaria Venture in advance of the 2005 meeting of the G8 (leaders of the eight richest countries in the world). Its key finding is that effective drugs and vector (mosquito) control measures already exist to combat malaria. The difficulty is creating efficient and sustainable systems to deliver these tools.
Recommended reading
- The Abuja Declaration and the Plan of Action
- ( Roll Back Malaria, World Health Organization (WHO) , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- The Abuja Declaration on Roll Back Malaria in Africa is the result of a summit on malaria held in Abuja, Nigeria in April 2000. Representatives of 44 African governments and the major international do...
- Final report of the external evaluation of Roll Back Malaria
- ( Malaria Consortium , 2002)
- Recommended reading
- During phase 1 (1998 to mid-2002) of Roll Back Malaria (RBM) there were enormous achievements. A strategy of global advocacy resulted in greater attention to the problem of malaria than ever before an...
Latest Additions
- A gender perspective on eliminating maleria
- ( Roll Back Malaria, World Health Organization (WHO) , 2008)
- Despite prevention and control efforts, malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally resulting in more than 300 million acute illnesses and at least 1 million deaths annually. F...
- Global malaria crisis: why the international community must act
- ( Medicines for Malaria Venture , 2005)
- This report was published by the Medicines for Malaria Venture in advance of the 2005 meeting of the G8 (leaders of the eight richest countries in the world). Its key finding is that effective drugs ...
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