Global Cause
In this issue
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Fighting malaria in times of global crises
With COVID-19 spreading across the globe, straining national health systems and challenging families, communities and countries, there has never been a more important time to uphold our commitment to end malaria, says Dr Abdourahmane Diallo, CEO, RBM Partnership to End Malaria and former Minister of Health, Guinea. Since the early 2000s, we have made tremendous...
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Mozambique President Commits to Fighting Malaria while Recovering from Cyclone IDAI
As we commemorate World Malaria Day, roughly a month has passed since Cyclone IDAI made landfall in my country during the night of 14 March, leaving a trail of destruction of social and economic infrastructure in central Mozambique, neighbouring Zimbabwe and Malawi. Malaria does not only affect people and families; it also slows the development...
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Bone marrow studies are key to blocking malaria
Bringing together scientists from various disciplines is helping to develop novel ways to tackle the parasites that cause malaria with new tools, drugs and vaccines. Scientists in Glasgow are aiming to halt the spread of malaria by tackling malaria-causing parasites in their human hiding places. “The parasite that causes malaria lodges in various tissue niches...
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Addressing the market failures in anti-malaria product development
A lack of commercial perspectives has meant the marketable pipeline for interventions against malaria is too narrow. A new funding facility will bring innovative biotech to the domain by mediating its initial financial risk. Holm Keller doesn’t pull his punches. Progress the world has made in responding to malaria has stalled, he says. Unacceptably, around...
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Co-development is at the heart of the development of our new tool for malaria control
My team in Mali is part of an international, not-for-profit research consortium called Target Malaria. We are part of an effort to combat malaria at its source, by targeting the mosquitoes themselves; the Anopheles gambiae complex. The success of our research will not only be measured by our scientific achievements, but also by the acceptance...
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Why the fight against malaria needs improved diagnostics
Effective diagnostic tools are essential to save lives of malaria patients, break the cycle of transmission — and stop the disease spreading. More R&D is needed. The global health community needs a range of tools at its disposal if it is to eliminate malaria in regions or entire countries. Effective diagnostics are crucial, says Dr...
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Malaria resurgence is a very real risk
Rates of malaria have dropped significantly in recent years, but the battle is far from over — and without investment and commitment we run the risk of reversing progress. As many as 150 in every 1,000 children die before their fifth birthday. That’s according to the team at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis...
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50% fewer malaria deaths since 2000, but we cannot relax our efforts
Insecticide-treated nets, better data and Genetically-modified mosquitoes can help end malaria. But endemic countries must make it a top health priority, and funding must not plateau. This time last year, leaders from government, industry and philanthropy convened in London to spotlight and advance the global effort to end malaria. The Malaria Summit London was an...
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David Beckham says: “Please add your voice”
150 years ago, all countries (except in Antarctica) had endemic malaria within their borders. Since then, half have eliminated malaria. David Beckham is working to accelerate this progress through the latest phase of the Malaria Must Die campaign. It’s unacceptable that malaria still kills a child every two minutes. Since 2000, a combination of powerful...
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Why I’m adding my voice to the campaign to end malaria
A Nigerian doctor who lends his voice — literally — to the Malaria Must Die campaign fronted by David Beckham, tells his personal story about contracting and treating the disease. As a boy growing up in Nigeria, Dr Elvis Eze contracted malaria not once, but four times. And those were just the times that were...