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African Ambassadors Support Greater Transparency in the Fight Against Malaria
 More than 30 African ambassadors attended a Roll Back Malaria Partnership event Oct. 26 and agreed to support greater transparency and public accountability for the funds being used to combat malaria. The event was hosted by the World Bank and co-sponsored by the Global Health Council, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Challenged by an emotional appeal from international singing sensation Yvonne Chaka Chaka, the ambassadors agreed their countries would benefit from more clarity on how they are using funds -- and donors should come clean on exactly how much they are contributing.
"I have been all over Africa and it is clear we must work together. No African country can achieve rapid scale up on their own," Chaka Chaka said. "No one single donor can fund it all. No one UN agency can support it all. We need to work in partnership -- with recipient country governments, with the private sector, civil society and all donors."
Malaria is at the top of the Bank's development agenda, according to World Bank President Paul D. Wolfowitz. "The Bank obviously cannot combat malaria alone and coordination is key. Demand for resources is outstripping supply," Wolfowitz said. "While the Bank, the US and the Global Fund are providing financing approaching US$1billion a year, more is clearly needed, including increased contributions from African countries themselves."
The discussion of progress on malaria and the need for greater transparency from all the partners was moderated by the Global Health Council's president, Dr. Nils Daulaire.
category: News from Other Sources : Announcements
contributed by Andrea Welch on 31 October 2006
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