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Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership dedicated to attracting and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. This partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities represents a new approach to international health financing. The Global Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral organizations to supplement existing efforts dealing with the three diseases.The Global Fund was established in 2002 and has to date approved grants for more than 460 programs in 136 countries with a total commitment of US$ 6.6 billion. As of June 2006, 544,000 people have begun antiretroviral (ARV) treatment through Global Fund-supported programs, a more than 40 percent increase over six months earlier. Taken together, Global Fund-supported programs to combat malaria have distributed to 11.3 million insecticide-treated bed nets by June, 2006. In addition, tuberculosis programs have detected and treated more than 1.4 million TB cases under DOTS, the internationally-approved TB control strategy. To learn more, visit www.theglobalfund.org In order to coordinate and increase the participation of companies across industry sectors interested in the Global Fund, the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC) has been appointed as the Focal Point for the Private Sector Delegation to the Global Fund Board. In this role, GBC aims to facilitate broad-based resource mobilization, facilitate private sector operational involvement through partnerships in program implementation, advance policies affecting the private sector, and bring private sector expertise, including technical and managerial, to bear on Global Fund operations and organization. GBC is also eager to support business engagement with the Fund at the country level by facilitating various co-investment projects and working with the Country Coordinating Mechanisms — the multi-sectoral in-country unit of the Global Fund that oversees grant submissions and implementation. Mr. Rajat Gupta of McKinsey, Dr. Brian Brink of Anglo-American and Barbara Bulc of GBC Geneva currently represent the private sector on the Global Fund Board of Directors. McKinsey and Anglo-American are active GBC member companies. To view information on the private sector activities with the Global Fund, see the Private Sector Delegation e-Newsletter, produced by GBC. Malaria No More
GBC is one of the founding partners of Malaria No More and serves as its private sector arm with the aim to connect businesses with this extensive grassroots effort. Malaria No More is an inclusive, grassroots movement to control malaria, a completely preventable and treatable disease that kills more than 1 million people annually, especially in Africa, where one child dies from malaria every 30 seconds. Malaria No More was created in 2006 by leading non-governmental organizations to give individuals and private and non-profit organizations the opportunity to support a comprehensive approach to the fight against malaria, and to help coordinate those efforts with governments and the multilateral organizations at the forefront of the fight. Malaria No More is mobilizing corporations and foundations; churches, synagogues and mosques; schools and teams; and communities and individuals. One of Malaria No More's key messages is that with $10 - the cost of a long-lasting bed net — an individual can protect a family from malaria. From the CEO of the largest corporation to the youngest girl with a lemonade stand — everyone can make a difference and give a child the gift of growing up. Malaria No More's Board of Directors includes:
President's Malaria Initiative
The President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) is a historic $1.2 billion, five-year initiative to control malaria in Africa (click here for a fact sheet). Announced by President Bush on June 30, 2005, it is a collaborative U.S. Government effort led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), the Department of State, the White House, and others.The goal of the PMI is to assist national malaria control programs to cut malaria-related deaths by 50 percent in fifteen target countries in Africa (current target countries include: Angola, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda and Senegal). This goal will be achieved by reaching 85 percent of the most vulnerable groups — children under five years of age and pregnant women — with proven and effective prevention and treatment control measures. PMI uses a comprehensive approach to prevent and treat malaria supporting four key areas; indoor spraying of homes with insecticides, insecticide-treated mosquito nets, lifesaving anti-malarial drugs, and treatment to prevent malaria in pregnant women. To learn more, visit www.fightingmalaria.gov Roll Back Malaria
To provide a coordinated global approach to fighting malaria, the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership was launched in 1998 by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the World Bank. The RBM Partnership's goal is to halve the burden of malaria by 2010.Controlling malaria will contribute significantly to the United Nations (UN) Millennium Development Goals, which 192 UN Member States have pledged to achieve by 2015. Beyond reducing the disease burden, a successful fight against malaria will have far-reaching impact on child mortality, maternal health, and poverty, which in turn may increase global stability. The RBM Partnership has grown rapidly since its launch and is now made up of a wide range of partners — including malaria-endemic countries, their bilateral and multilateral development partners, the private sector, nongovernmental and community-based organizations, foundations, and research and academic institutions — who bring a formidable assembly of expertise, infrastructure and funds into the fight against the disease. The RBM Partnership's strength lies in its ability to form effective partnerships both globally and nationally. Partners are working together to scale up malaria-control efforts at country level, coordinating their activities to avoid duplication and fragmentation and to ensure optimal use of resources. A key role of the RBM Partnership is to lead continuing advocacy campaigns to raise awareness of malaria at the global, regional, national and community levels, thus keeping malaria high on the development agenda, mobilizing resources for malaria control and for research into new and more effective tools, and ensuring that vulnerable individuals are key participants in rolling back malaria. To learn more, visit www.rollbackmalaria.org Nothing But Nets
Nothing But Nets is a grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa. While the UN Foundation has been working with the UN to fight malaria for years, it was a column that Rick Reilly wrote about malaria in Sports Illustrated, challenging each of his readers to donate at least $10 for the purchase of an anti-malaria bed nets -- and the incredible response from thousands of Americans across the country -- that led to the creation the Nothing But Nets campaign.The reaction to Reilly's 815 words made clear that thousands of people were ready to help the million children dying unnecessarily each year of malaria. Within a few short months, Nothing But Nets raised over 1 million dollars. And so Nothing But Nets was born. The UN Foundation has now partnered with groups as diverse as National Basketball Association’s NBA Cares, The People of the United Methodist Church and Sports Illustrated to bring Nothing But Nets to the American public. These Founding Partners are joined by corporate, multi-media and financial partners to make a significant impact by raising awareness and funds to purchase and distribute bed nets and save lives. Now, we're asking you to help spread the word about Nothing But Nets, and how easy it is to protect children from malaria with bed nets. You can save a family. Your church, school, or team can save a village. Together, we can cover Africa with life-saving bed nets. How it Works Nothing But Nets is powered by your passion; it works because you do! Create a community for your church, school, team, or family and friends. Together, you can spread the word, raise funds, and share your stories. With the money you raise, the UN Foundation and its partners work with the Measles Initiative – one of the most successful vaccination efforts ever undertaken – to purchase bed nets and distribute them in countries and communities in greatest need. Using its proven distribution system – which in just five years has vaccinated nearly a quarter billion children – the Measles Initiative will distribute bed nets along with measles vaccinations and other medicines to at-risk countries. It’s an effective and cost-efficient way to get the nets to the people who need them. Getting Involved At NothingButNets.net you will find resources on malaria, toolkits that you can download to help you raise awareness and organize fundraising events, and the ability to create or join a Netraiser team. Sign up as a Netraiser Team Captain to recruit your friends, family and co-workers to help support you in raising money for bed nets to prevent malaria in Africa. As a Team Captain, you can invite people to join your team so they too can ask their friends to sponsor them within your team or simply ask for sponsors. Working together, we can cover Africa with lifesaving bed nets. To learn more, visit www.nothingbutnets.net Malaria Consortium
The Malaria Consortium (MC) is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the control of malaria, especially among the poorest and most vulnerable people in Africa. MC’s advocacy programmes include Mobilising for Malaria (M4M) a project which aims to raise awareness of malaria in Europe and throughout Africa to bring greater resources to bear against the disease. M4M is being implemented through Coalitions that have been established in the UK, France, Cameroon and Ethiopia and are being established in Mozambique, Benin and Belgium.To learn more, visit www.malariaconsortium.org/ |
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