Events, Press Releases and Success Stories Archives

Events

• World Malaria Day – April 25, 2009
  April 25, marks the second annual World Malaria Day. This year’s theme, “Counting Malaria Out,” is timely as we count down to meet the international goal of delivering effective and affordable protection and treatment to all people at risk of malaria by 2010.
• World Malaria Day - 04/25/08
  April 25, 2008 marks the first World Malaria Day. Learn more about the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the progress being made in the fight against malaria.
• Africa Malaria Day - 04/25/07
  Read new success stories from Madagascar and Senegal on the PMI Web site, plus other news and information related to Africa Malaria Day.
• International Women's Day - 03/08/07
  To commemorate International Women’s Day 2007, USAID celebrates successes in improving women’s health worldwide.
  
• The White House Summit on Malaria - 12/14/06
  President and Mrs. Bush hosted the first ever White House Summit on Malaria in Washington, D.C., where they discussed and highlighted measures for combating this preventable disease.
  
• Fighting Malaria Globally - 09/18/06
  This congressional briefing on malaria, held in Washington, D.C., included information about the current state of the malaria crisis and strategies to end unnecessary malaria deaths.
  
• Fourth MIM (Multilateral Initiative on Malaria) Pan-African Malaria Conference - 11/13/05 to 11/18/05
• Africa Malaria Day - 04/25/06
• Africa Malaria Day - 04/25/05
• Africa Malaria Day - 04/25/04
• Africa Malaria Day - 04/25/03

Press Releases

2008

• U.S. Announces Community Grant Awards to Fight Malaria - 10/23/08
• USAID's Richard Greene Named Employee of the Year - 09/17/08
• USAID Administrator Tours Ghana Malaria Control Center - 09/03/08
• Press Statement: From Henrietta H. Fore, USAID Administrator and Admiral Timothy Ziemer, PMI Coordinator - On the Observance of World Malaria Day 2008
• Eight in Ten Malian Households With Children Protected by Lifesaving Mosquito Nets Following Ministry of Health National Child Health Campaign - 04/25/08 [PDF, 135KB]
• USAID Participates in White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Conferences in Rwanda and Zambia - 04/01/08
• PMI trains Senegalese lab technicians, donates microscopes - 03/28/08
• PMI launches second round of indoor residual spraying in northern Senegal - 03/08/08

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
• Africa Malaria Day: U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative provides $16 million for Senegal in 2007 - 04/25/07
• USAID Names Dr. Bernard Nahlen to be Deputy Coordinator of the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) - 01/29/07

2006

• U.S. Announces New $150 Million Indoor Residual Spraying Contract for Malaria Prevention - 12/22/06
• USAID Launches $75 Million Health Program in Senegal - 11/9/06
• Drive to Retreat 100,000 Bednets Under Way - 11/9/06
• First Lady Laura Bush Announces Phase II Countries Under President's Malaria Initiative - 6/8/06
• Fighting Malaria in Africa: U.S. to Sponsor Low-Cost Mosquito Net Program in Uganda, Benefiting More Than 1 Million - 04/25/06
  
• On Africa Malaria Day, The President's Malaria Initiative is Touching Lives and Bringing Hope - 04/24/06
  

• 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 Widescale Spraying Program - 11/18/05
• Statement by Administrator Natsios Regarding the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commitment to Malaria Research - 11/01/05
• First Lady Laura Bush Joins African Leaders in Historic Declaration to Reduce the Burden of Malaria - 09/15/05
• President Bush's Malaria, Education Initiatives Support Africa's Future - 06/30/05
• Statement by USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios on the President's Initiative on Malaria - 06/30/05
• Commentary: Conquering Malaria - 04/27/05
• America Battles Malaria Every Day - 04/24/05

2004

• Setting the Record Straight on Malaria - Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post by Dr. E. Anne Peterson - 04/25/04

2002

• USAID Expands Successful Malaria Control Program - 05/09/02

2001

• USAID Awards $3.7 Million Cooperative Grant to Develop Malaria Vaccine - 10/03/01

Success Stories

• Senegal Strings Up 615,000 Bednets - 07/08
• Rural Health Huts Provide Crucial Care - 06/08
• Spraying Protects 700,000 Senegalese - 06/08
• Expanding the Mosquito Net's Reach - 06/08
• Bednets Go Beyond Malaria Prevention - 10/06
• Zanzibari Women Fight Malaria - 08/06
• Reducing Malaria in Migrant Populations - 06/06
• U.S. Malaria Effort Helps to Save Lives in Angola - 06/06 [PDF, 112KB]
• Fighting Malaria with Bed Nets - 05/06
• Insecticide Nets Keep Malaria at Bay - 05/06
• Better Nets Trap Malarial Mosquitoes - 05/06
• Women Fight Malaria and Earn More - 04/06
• Bringing Healthcare Closer to Home - 03/06
  • Free and Highly Subsidized Nets to Prevent Malaria (high-res photo)
• Combating Malaria in Tanzania - 03/06
• Mosquito Nets Save Lives In Madagascar - 03/06
• Preventing Malaria Among Pregnant Women - 03/06
• Mozambique Malaria Trial Described as Breakthrough in Search for Vaccine - 10/05
• NIAID Launches Malaria Vaccine Trial in Africa - 02/05
• Herbal Medicine Fights Malaria - 02/05
• USAID's Key Achievements