Africa
Malaria Day, April 25, 2003
Commemoration & Panel Presentation
When:
Friday, April 25, 2003 from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Where: National
Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW, Washington,
DC
Scheduled Events:
9:00
- 10:45 a.m.: Breakfast reception, opening
ceremony and launch of reports
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Panel presentations
Review the Panel Discussion Agenda.
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About the Event
On 25 April, 2003, the third anniversary of the Abuja Declaration, The US
Agency for International Development (USAID) co-hosted an Africa Malaria Day
commemoration at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. During the event
the Africa Malaria Report 2003 was launched and a Special Supplement to the
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene on the western Kenya
insecticide-treated bed net trial was introduced.
The event was organized jointly by the Department of Health and Human
Services, (USAID) and the Department of State.
USAID was pleased to co-host this important event not only to commemorate Africa Malaria Day, but also to recommit our efforts offered by the Global Fund and through the Roll Back Malaria partnership to fulfill the promise of coordinated and concerted support to countries battling this heartbreaking and preventable disease," said Dr. E. Anne Peterson, MD, MPH, Assistant Administrator Bureau for Global Health, USAID. "We must keep this stark fact in mind ... a child dies every 30 seconds from this disease. Working together, we must do everything we can to turn the tide against malaria."
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Speakers:
Dr. Bernard Nahlen, WHO Malaria Department, Geneva
Mr. Kul C. Gautam, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
Participants included representatives
from:
- The African diplomatic and
health community
- The U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
- The U.S. Agency for International
Development and its partners
- The U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
- UNICEF
- The World Bank
- The World Health Organization
Malaria, a parasitic
disease, affects an estimated 500 million people and
results in up to 2 million deaths each year. Ninety percent
of malaria deaths occur in Africa, and the disease accounts
for approximately $12 billion a year of lost African
gross domestic product.
Speeches
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Speakers:
Dr. Bernard Nahlen, WHO Malaria Department, Geneva
Dr. Juliana Otieno, Consultant Pediatrician, Nyanza
Province, Kenya
Dr. Ok Pannenborg, Senior Advisor for Health Nutrition and Population, Africa
Region, The World Bank
Mr. Kul C. Gautam, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF
Dr. Anne Peterson, Assistant Administrator,
Bureau for Global Health, USAID
Mr. Scott Evertz, HHS Special Advisor to the Secretary for the
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Reports and Resources
Read about the Abuja
Declaration and the Plan of Action.
Access The
Africa Malaria Report 2003.
Read about the The
Western Kenya Insecticide -Treated Bednet Trial: Supplement
to The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
For more information on Malaria and Malaria partnerships, access Roll
Back Malaria.
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