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Lausanne, Switzerland
Wed, 9 Oct 2024 - Fri, 11 Oct 2024

Led by co-chairs from the soon-to-merge Strategic Communication Partner Committee (SCPC) and Advocacy and Resource Mobilization Partner Committee to form the Advocacy, Resource Mobilization and Communications Partner Committee (ARCPC),  participants discussed both opportunities and challenges in malaria advocacy efforts. The advocacy, communications and program teams collaborated to brainstorm ways to weave advocacy into malaria programs, ensuring it bolsters working groups and leverages their evidence-based insights. They established advocacy objectives, crafted key messages, and explored effective tactics for impactful advocacy. The merger of the partner committees was also welcomed, with an emphasis on increasing country involvement in malaria advocacy to achieve partnership goals. Partners committed to organizing another advocacy meeting that would involve more participants from Africa, Asia, and the Pacific to refine and finalize the communications and advocacy strategy. Participants included members from partner committees, key advocacy partners, and representatives from PMI and BMGF, who have been instrumental in supporting this collaborative advocacy strategy development process. This was also the first in-person meeting focused on advocacy and communication in over five years, enhancing collaboration and establishing a powerful merged committee with inclusive structures. The workshop was held from October 9 -11 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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