Friday 5^th July 2019, Niamey – Today, Ministers of Health from across the Sahel convened on the sidelines of the African Union’s 33rd Summit in Niamey, Niger to collaborate more closely on ending malaria in the region by 2030, and to pool funds and resources for the provision of malaria-fighting interventions. 

Today the RBM Partnership to End Malaria welcomes the latest E-2020 progress report from the World Health Organization (WHO), confirming the world is on track to reach an historic milestone of progress in the malaria fight with at least 10 countries on track to reach zero indigenous malaria cases by 2020.

The RBM Partnership to End Malaria is seeking two new Board members this year to replace those rotating off and to consider candidates for possible vacancies in 2020. An overview of the nomination and selection process for the RBM Partnership Board is provided in this document.The Board particularly encourages nominations from female candidates as well as candidates from malaria endemic countries or regions.

The RBM Partnership to End Malaria announced that Professor Maha Taysir Barakat, former Director General of the Health Authority Abu Dhabi, will serve as Board Chair of the Partnership as of 1 June 2019. She takes over from Dr Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho, former Assistant Director General for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, who has completed her three-year term as Board Chair and will continue to serve on the Partnership’s Board.

The RBM Partnership to End Malaria welcomes the announcement that Algeria and Argentina have been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization (WHO).  Algeria will become the third African nation to reach this goal[1], while Argentina is the second country to be certified in the last 45 years (after Paraguay) and the ninth country to be certified in the Americas region since 1962.

Paris, 25 April 2019 – Today leaders from across the globe meet in Paris to renew commitments and announce new initiatives to accelerate the global movement to end malaria in our lifetime.

Geneva, 23 April 2019 – The RBM Partnership to End Malaria welcomes the phased introduction of the RTS,S malaria vaccine in Malawi followed by Ghana and Kenya in the coming weeks. Used alongside bed nets, insecticide spraying, diagnostics, and drugs – the vaccine has the potential to strengthen malaria control efforts in Africa and save tens of thousands of young children.

Dr Abdourahmane Diallo, CEO, RBM Partnership to End Malaria, said:

Paris, le 18 Avril 2019 - Ils font partie des artistes phares du 25 avril prochain. Fatoumata Diawara, excusée pour l’événement, a réaffirmé son soutien à la cause noble de lutte contre le paludisme, tandis qu’Oxmo Puccino et Ben L’Oncle Soul, viendront se produire sur la scène de la Place de l’Hôtel de Ville de la capitale française ce jour-là.

Paris, 5 April 2019 - The world-famous French artist Cyril Kongo has created the official poster for World Malaria Day 2019, which will be marked on 25 April. The poster will take pride of place at an official ceremony, to be held on that date at the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville in the centre of Paris.