President's Malaria Initiative E-Newsletter
March 2011
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News
Country Activities
New and Updated Resources on PMI.gov
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| With the support of PMI and other partners, Nigeria is implementing a massive nationwide ITN distribution campaign. To reach the goal of two nets per household, more than 60 million long-lasting mosquito nets will be distributed by 2011. Source: Marcy Erskine, IFRC |
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PMI’s Interagency Steering Group approved fiscal year (FY) 2011 Malaria Operational Plans for all PMI countries.
- Download FY 2011 Malaria Operational Plans for the 17 PMI focus countries.
- Download FY 2010 Malaria Operational Plans’ revised funding tables for Mali, Rwanda, and Senegal.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Joins Malaria Initiative - 11/17/10.
- Read more PMI-related press releases and announcements.
- Remarks by the President at the Millennium Development Goals Summit in New York - 09/22/10
President Obama announced the new U.S. Global Development Policy – the first of its kind by an American administration, outlining the new approach and the new thinking that will guide the United States’ overall development efforts, including the plan to pursue the Millennium Development Goals.
- Indoor Residual Spraying Moves to Benin's North – March 2011 [PDF, 252KB]
For 2011, a new area has been selected for IRS: seven communes of Atacora department. Benin’s National Malaria Control Program and USAID decided to move the spraying to expand the benefits of IRS to more people in a larger geographic coverage area.- French Version [PDF, 215KB]
- Senegal Achieves Significant Results in Malaria Control - 11/04/10
Senegal's malaria control efforts have enabled the country to significantly reduce malaria-related morbidity and mortality, according to Focus on Senegal, a report released by the National Malaria Control Program as part of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership Progress and Impact series.
- I Go to Disneyland ... in Ethiopia - 11/23/10
Read a blog post by Zeke Emanuel in The New Republic about his trip to a PMI-funded health center in Ethiopia. The health center has put together all the pieces to fight malaria and other health problems. The surrounding village has been systematically covered, so every sleeping space has an insecticide-treated net and the huts have been sprayed with insecticide.
- How I Came to Own a Goat - 11/19/10
Read a blog post by Zeke Emanuel in The New Republic about his trip in Senegal to Kissan, a village of 526 people that lies in the Tambacounda Region and a malaria hot spot. Kissan was part of an initiative to keep mosquitoes out of homes, with a combination of insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying.
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In FY 2011, two additional countries joined PMI, bringing the total number of PMI focus countries to 17.
Access recently added contracts, agreements, and reports from PMI's implementing partners.
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| Insecticide-treated mosquito nets procured with PMI support are distributed to pregnant women as part of their routine antenatal care at this clinic in Mozambique. Source: Arturo Sanabria/Photoshare. |
Malaria prevention and control are major foreign assistance objectives of the U.S. Government. In May 2009, President Barack Obama unveiled the Global Health Initiative (GHI), a six-year, comprehensive effort to reduce the burden of disease and promote healthy communities and families around the world. Through the GHI, the United States will invest $63 billion over six years to help partner countries improve health outcomes, with a particular focus on improving the health of women, newborns, and children.
Since its launch in 2005, PMI has reinforced the principles that are part of the GHI, including:
- Encourage country ownership and invest in country-led plans
- Increase impact through strategic coordination and integration
- Build sustainability through health systems strengthening
- Improve metrics and monitoring and evaluation
- Implement a woman-centered approach
- Strengthen and leverage key multilateral organizations, global health partnerships, and private sector engagement
PMI Five-Year Evaluation
A comprehensive external evaluation is planned for PMI; it will be conducted between 2011 and mid-2012, when most FY 2010-funded activities will have been implemented.
If you have questions or comments, please contact Chris Thomas at ChThomas@usaid.gov.
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