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The Launch of the Global Malaria Action Plan
Sept. 24, 2008
Oct. 7, 2008
Global Health Council
Washington, D.C. 20036
Partners Forum
Malaria, an ancient disease, is still plaguing the world as a leading killer of children under five and a major contributor to adult morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is responsible for more than 1 million deaths a year and pregnant women and children are particularly vulnerable.
As a response to this global threat The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership has developed the new Global Malaria Action Plan (GMAP) which provides the most comprehensive, unified strategy ever developed to fight malaria. Developed through an intensive consultative process, the GMAP consolidates the collective input of 30 endemic countries and regions, 65 international institutions, and 250 experts from a wide range of fields. The GMAP presents a comprehensive overview of the global malaria landscape, an evidence-based approach to deliver effective prevention and treatment to all people at risk, and an estimate of the annual funding needs to achieve the goals of the RBM Partnership for 2010, 2015 and beyond. The GMAP also outlines the RBM Partnership's vision for a substantial and sustained reduction in the burden of malaria in the near and mid-term, and the eventual global eradication of malaria in the long term, when new tools make eradication possible.
The Global Health Council and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs held this forum to discuss with Dr. Matthew Lynch, the current vice chair of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership Board and program director of the Global Program on Malaria at Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs, the development and implementation of the GMAP.
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category: Global Health Council News : Advocacy Events
contributed by Liza Nanni on 4 September 2008
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