Archive – Press and Announcements

2007

• President's Malaria Initiative Announces Major Local Program to Battle Disease - 11/27/07
• USAID/Senegal Takes Part in Africa Outside Edge Bednet Distribution - 11/11/07
• USAID Announces First Malaria Communities Program Grants - 10/05/07
• Malaria Communities Program Grant Recipients - 10/05/07
• U.S. Donates Insecticides Worth $1.3 Million for Start of 2007/2008 National Indoor Residual Spraying Season in Zambia - 09/13/07
  
• U.S. Launches Public-Private Partnerships to Battle Malaria - 04/26/07
  
• Insecticide-treated Mosquito Nets (ITNs) Fact Sheet - February 2007
• USAID Names Dr. Bernard Nahlen to be Deputy Coordinator of the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) - 01/29/07
  • Read Dr. Nahlen's Bio

• The White House Summit on Malaria - 12/14/06
  The President and Mrs. Bush hosted a summit in Washington, D.C., to discuss and highlight measures for combating this preventable disease.
  • Watch the archived webcast
  • Read the USAID announcement
  • Download the event brochure [PDF, 1.8MB]
• Drive to Re-treat 100,000 Bednets Under Way - 09/25/06
  USAID and its partners in Senegal have launched an aggressive new campaign to stop mosquitoes dead in their tracks.
• Admiral R. Timothy Ziemer, New U.S. Malaria Coordinator, Visits Senegal - 07/24/06
• With Support from U.S. President's Malaria Initiative, House-to-House Spraying to Kill Mosquitoes that Transmit Malaria Begins on Zanzibar - 07/11/06
• Zanzibar Sprays Households in Anti-Malaria Effort
• Mrs. Laura Bush Announces Phase II Countries Under President's Malaria Initiative - 06/08/06
• USAID Fact Sheet on the PMI - 06/08/06
• Fighting Malaria in Africa: U.S. to Sponsor Low-Cost Mosquito Net Program in Uganda, Benefiting More Than 1 Million - 04/25/06
• Notice to Readers: Africa Malaria Day - 04/25/06
• On Africa Malaria Day, The President's Malaria Initiative is Touching Lives and Bringing Hope - 04/24/06

2005

• USAID Reforms Agency Malaria Programs for Greater Effectiveness - Updated 12/23/05
• U.S. Jumpstarts the President's Malaria Initiative and Ushers in Expanded Resources for Angola and Tanzania - 12/15/05
• Battling Malaria in Africa, USAID Anticipates Nearly $100 Million Award for Wide-Scale Spraying Program - 11/18/05
• First HHS Funds Awarded in Support of President's Initiative to Prevent and Reduce Deaths in Africa - 11/9/05
• Statement by Administrator Natsios Regarding the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commitment to Malaria Research - 11/1/05
• First Lady Laura Bush Joins African Leaders in Historic Declaration to Reduce the Burden of Malaria - 9/15/05
• USAID Fact Sheet on Accelerating the Fight Against Malaria - 09/15/05
• President Bush's Malaria, Education Initiatives Support Africa's Future - 6/30/05
• Statement by USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios on the President's Initiative on Malaria - 6/30/05