The Issue
- Every 30 seconds, one child in Africa dies from malaria.
- Each year, more than 1 million people die of malaria, and the overwhelming majority of victims are children under the age of 5.
- Although it is a largely preventable and treatable disease, malaria is the number one killer of children in Africa.
The Response: President’s Malaria Initiative
- In June 2005, Former President Bush announced the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), a $1.2 billion initiative to fight malaria.
- PMI is accelerating delivery of proven preventive interventions to help reduce malaria-related deaths by 50% in 15 target countries.
- A component of the PMI is the Malaria Communities Program (MCP)
- Announced by President Bush in December 2006, MCP provides approximately $30 million over four years in competitive awards.
- These awards help new grantees to:
- take on community-based malaria prevention and treatment activities,
- build local ownership of malaria control, and
- extend the reach of PMI interventions to a broader population.
- Faith-based and community-based organizations play a significant role in controlling malaria and preventing deaths in Africa.
The Results
- Through partnerships working in the first three target countries—Angola, Tanzania, and Uganda—aid from the American people has reached about 6 million Africans in the first year of the initiative. So far, PMI has reached 25 million people who have received lifesaving medicines, sprays, and bed nets.
- PMI funding in FY 2006 was $30 million, rose to $135 million in FY 2007, and to $268 in FY 2008. Funding for PMI is expected to increase to $300 million in FY 2009 and to $500 million in FY 2010.
- Indoor residual spraying in five PMI countries is benefiting more than 5 million people and is estimated to help protect about 10 million people by the end of 2007.
- Since PMI’s launch in 2006, more than 2.3 million long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets have been procured and distributed.
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