Press Releases and Announcements

During the launch ceremony of the 2007/2008 National IRS campaign in Zambia, the U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Michael Koplovsky and Minister of Health Dr. Brian Chituwo go into the houses to spray. Read more in the November 2007 edition of the PMI E-Newsletter. Source: Mark Maire; USAID/Zambia

2008

• Press Statement: From Henrietta H. Fore, USAID Administrator and Admiral Timothy Ziemer, PMI Coordinator - On the Observance of World Malaria Day 2008
• A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America – Malaria Awareness Day, 2008 - 04/25/08
• Eight in Ten Malian Households With Children Protected by Lifesaving Mosquito Nets Following Ministry of Health National Child Health Campaign - 4/25/08 [PDF, 135KB]
• Congressman Payne, First Lady Laura Bush Raise Awareness Global Malaria Epidemic - 04/24/08
• Malaria Initiative Helping Save Lives, Treat Disease - 04/24/08
• PMI Trains Senegalese Lab Technicians, Donates Microscopes - 03/28/08
• PMI Launches Second Round of Indoor Residual Spraying in Northern Senegal - 03/03/08

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
• U.S. Donates Insecticides Worth $1.3 Million for Start of 2007/2008 National Indoor Residual Spraying Season in Zambia - 09/13/07
  
• International Partnerships Help To Fight Malaria in Africa - 05/07/07
  Read about a discussion lead by U.S. Malaria Coordinator Admiral Timothy Ziemer, "Defeating Malaria in Africa: Building on Success through Partnership," held at George Washington University.
• U.S. Launches Public-Private Partnerships to Battle Malaria - 04/26/07
  
• USAID Names Dr. Bernard Nahlen to be Deputy Coordinator of the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) - 01/29/07
  • Read Dr. Nahlen's Bio

2006

• Nonprofit "Malaria No More" Network Tackling the Deadly Disease - 12/18/06
• Eight More African Countries To Receive U.S. Anti-Malaria Help - 12/14/06
• 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]
• Public, Private Sector Leaders To Energize Anti-Malaria Efforts - 12/12/06
  • French Version
• Reducing Malaria in Africa Focus of U.S. Summit - 12/11/06
  • French Version
• Senegalese Communities Expand Use of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets - 12/7/06
• Anti-Malaria Campaign Reduces Number of Infections in Zanzibar - 12/7/06
• 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.
• Tanzania shows sharp decline in malaria cases - 08/27/06 (By ANDnetwork.com)
• 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
• White House Statement on The President's Malaria Initiative - 06/9/06
• Mrs. Laura Bush Announces Phase II Countries Under President's Malaria Initiative - 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
• A public meeting for the Malaria Vector Control Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) was held on March 29, 2006 at 1PM in the USAID Public Information Center. Comments on the PEA document [MS Word, 4MB] and Annex D: Input Parameter Tables [PDF, 849KB] may be submitted via email at IVMPEA@usaid.gov.

2005

• 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
  • Mrs. Bush's Remarks at a Fighting Malaria in Africa USAID Dinner
• U.S. Pledges Additional $1.2 Billion to Combat Malaria in Africa - 9/15/05
• President Bush to Increase U.S. Funding to Fight Malaria by $1.2 Billion - 6/30/05
• 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