RBM Annual Report 2023
Since its launch in 1998 by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and the World Bank, the RBM Partnership to End Malaria has been a leading force in the global fight against malaria, saving lives and transforming communities. According to WHO’s most recent World Malaria Report, the number of global malaria cases and deaths in 2022 was significantly higher than before the global pandemic in 2019, with 249 million cases and 608,000 deaths, revealing an urgent need to address the growing malaria emergency.
This annual report provides a comprehensive overview of the RBM Partnership’s efforts and achievements in 2023.
With a mission to support countries, communities, and regions in malaria prevention and control, the RBM Partnership ensured that effective interventions reached those most in need.
RBM Partnership Annual Report 2022
In 2022, the RBM Partnership dedicated substantial effort and resources to address significant challenges hampering the success of malaria programmes. Focus areas included advocacy and resource mobilisation, technical support to malaria affected countries for strategy development and deployment of innovative malaria interventions and approaches.
The RBM Partnership strived to maintain malaria as a priority agenda item for high-level discussions in governmental and global health forums. It achieved this goal by organising and participating in key malaria advocacy campaigns; the key messages shared during these events were strengthened by the collective voices of partners and the international malaria community. Despite the many challenges in the past two years, the RBM Partnership has provided stability and hope by improving strategies, reducing disruptions, coordinating partners, and urging support from world leaders, governments, the private sector, and philanthropists.
RBM Partnership Annual Report 2019
In June 2019, Professor Maha Taysir Barakat, former Director General of the Health Authority, Abu Dhabi, took over as Board Chair of the RBM Partnership. Professor Barakat replaced Dr Winnie Mpanju Shumbusho, former Assistant Director General for HIV/ AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organisation, who completed her three-year term as Board Chair and continues to serve on the Partnership’s Board.
In addition to the changes in the Board Leadership, two RBM Partnership Board Members completed their terms and stepped down from the Board: Professor Awa Marie Coll-Seck, former Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Senegal, and Mr Paulo Gomes, former Executive Director, World Bank. Two new members joined the RBM Partnership Board in November 2019: Dr Diane Gashumba, former Minister of Health, Rwanda, and Dr Marijke Wijnroks, Chief of Staff, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
RBM Partnership Annual Report 2018
2018 was the first year of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria’s 2018–2020 Strategic Plan (see page 7), which aims to use the partnership to boost political commitment, regional cooperation and malaria financing.
The Partnership, through consultations with partners and malaria-endemic countries, launched new initiatives in support of global efforts to end malaria.
RBM Partnership Annual Report 2017
2017 was a dynamic year of transition for the RBM Partnership to End Malaria. The new CEO, Dr Kesete Admasu, was selected by the reconstituted Board during the 4th Board meeting in Geneva in December 2016, taking on his functions on 1 February 2017. Dr Kesete Admasu is a long standing and respected global health leader, and the former Minister of Health of Ethiopia.