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Launch of the Mass Net Distribution Campaign, live press briefing and more in Kenya

On Sunday, 25th April, the following events will take place in Kenya:

  1. Launch of Kenya Malaria Indicator Survey (KMIS) Key Indicators Results 
  2. Launch Mass Net Distribution Campaign (to kick-start the distribution of 15.7M Nets to 27 counties of Kenya) 
  3. Launch Six (6) Malaria Case Management Policy Documents
  4. Live Press Briefing by the Cabinet Secretary for Health, the Division of National Malaria Program, the Kenya End Malaria Council and key malaria partners in the country

Lessons from Malaria in the Age of Pandemics: Building Sub National & District Level Capacity

Diseases like malaria but also COVID-19 have shown that we are only as strong as our weakest link. The fight against infectious diseases requires robust and responsive health systems that ensure access to health services and commodities to the most vulnerable, down to the last mile.

Malaria is a disease of the rural poor and the remaining burden of malaria in Asia Pacific, concentrated predominantly in India, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Papua New Guinea is among the most hard-to-reach-communities with poorer access to health services as well as among indigenous people.

Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative (ZMBLI) launch in Burkina Faso

NMCP Burkina in collaboration with Speak Up Africa will launch the Zero Malaria Business Leadership Initiative (ZMBLI) campaign on 22nd April 2021.

Burkina will also celebrate the WMD on 25th April 2021 under the auspices of His Excellency the President of the Republic and the patronage of the President of the Assembly.

Civil Society Organizations will also be involved in the one-week celebration (19-25 April). 

Malaria No More Japan (MNMJ): Climate change and malaria political dialogue

Malaria No More Japan (MNMJ) will organize Japan/US/UK political dialogue to eliminate malaria and mosquito-borne diseases on World Malaria Day 2021.The dialogue will discuss the climate crisis and infectious diseases, increasingly complex situation on infectious diseases, expanded situation along with human movement and its countermeasures, global solidarity.

Call for Proposals (CFP), Strengthening of the activities of National Malaria Elimination Programmes in the cross-border areas of South East Asia (SEA) countries to accelerate malaria elimination

Deadline on: 14-April-2021 23:59 (GMT 1.00) Western Europe Time, London, Lisbon, Casablanca

The purpose of this grant is to provide support the cross-border coordination of the effort of malaria elimination in SEA countries and mitigate the impact of COVID-19.

Objectives of the Grant:

The successful applicant will be involved in supporting the coordination efforts by countries in SEA and work closely with the RBM Partnership specifically CRSPC.

The successful grantee will address the following objectives: