Two outstanding women leaders join the RBM Partnership to End Malaria Board
Geneva, 4 November 2019--The RBM Partnership to End Malaria today announced two new members joining its Board:
- HE Diane Gashumba, Minister of Health of the Republic of Rwanda, and
- Dr Marijke Wijnroks, Chief of Staff at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Professor Maha Taysir Barakat, Board Chair of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria, said:
The RBM Partnership to End Malaria leads global malaria community in celebrating successful Global Fund replenishment
Geneva, 10 October – The RBM Partnership to End Malaria welcomed today’s announcement by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria that it raised US$14.02 billion for its next three-year funding cycle. Today’s announcement at the 6th Replenishment Conference hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, in Lyon, is expected to help save 16 million lives, avert 234 million infections by 2023 and make a significant contribution towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals target of ending AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics by 2030.
RBM Partnership to End Malaria highlights impact of cross-border collaboration in accelerating malaria elimination at regional, national and sub-national levels
9 October, Lyon, France -- Today, on the sidelines of the Global Fund Replenishment Conference, the RBM Partnership to End Malaria convened global health leaders and experts to discuss and share lessons from the role that regional cross border collaborations play in accelerating malaria elimination.
Placing malaria elimination at the heart of sustainable development
Malaria stands in the way of the global ambitions driving all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—this was the main message of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria at this year’s United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The RBM Partnership used the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly to advocate how malaria elimination can help advance the achievement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and broader SDGs.
The RBM Partnership celebrates latest Global Fund results for malaria
Today The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has released its annual Results Report, which outlines the remarkable outcomes of the Global Fund’s investments for the year 2018.
RBM Partnership joins experts in reaffirming the vision of a malaria-free world
The RBM Partnership to End Malaria welcomes the latest research from The Lancet Commission on Malaria Eradication - Malaria Eradication within a generation: ambitious, achievable, and necessary.
New reports focus on malaria eradication goal
23 August 2019, Geneva – The RBM Partnership to End Malaria welcomes two new forthcoming reports on the opportunity the world has to achieve the eradication of malaria, a disease which still threatens half the world’s population.
World Mosquito Day
Today is World Mosquito Day! Will you be marking the day? Each year on 20 August the world commemorates Sir Ronald Ross’ game-changing discovery in 1897 that female Anopheles mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans. Since this day, remarkable progress has been achieved in the fight against malaria. Since 2000 alone, global efforts have saved 7 million lives from malaria and prevented more than 1 billion cases.