Funding and Innovation Critical to Sustain Progress in Malaria Fight Say African Leaders
Funding and Innovation Critical to Sustain Progress in Malaria Fight Say African Leaders
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 15, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Significant progress has been made in scaling up malaria control efforts and the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) (http://www.alma2015.org), an alliance of 43 African Heads of State and the African Union working to end malaria-related deaths on the continent, says Africa is better prepared to defeat malaria now than at any other time in history.
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During the African Union Summit, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, chair of ALMA, said to achieve universal access to life-saving tools and continue the drive toward eliminating malaria deaths, we need an additional USD $3.2 billion in funding over the next three years. “A share of these resources will come from Africa. We can’t ask the world to invest in Africa’s health if we won’t make the same investment ourselves, but we will need the world’s help,” said President Sirleaf.
A recent independent study commissioned by ALMA, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Malaria, and the Roll Back Malaria Partnership found that every dollar invested in malaria control in Africa generates on average USD $40 in GDP on the continent. And scaling up to universal coverage of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of malaria by the end of 2015 will prevent 640 million cases and avert 3 million malaria-related deaths. ALMA members stressed the need to strengthen their financial management with support from the African Development Bank and the World Bank to enhance accountability and transparency.
Increasingly African countries are enhancing efficiencies in procuring life-saving interventions such as artemisinin-based combination therapies
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