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.

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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 ...
Greater efforts needed to make country-level Roll Back Malaria partnerships sustainable and effective: ( C. Green / Roll Back Malaria, World Health Organization (WHO) , 2002); Recommended reading; This report, produced by Health Partners International for Roll Back Malaria (RBM), summarises the findings of interviews conducted as part of the 2002 external evaluation of RBM. Telephone interview...