Global Cause
Malaria & NTDs Q2 2022
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We need to be more adaptable to control the resurgence of malaria
In recent years, malaria cases have been on the rise. The disease transmission has changed — so the response to it must change too with a new, adaptive approach based on evidence and data. Controlling malaria is — and has always been — a mammoth challenge. Decades after the first Global Malaria Eradication Programme was...
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2022: A pivotal moment for a more equal world
Ending malaria and NTDs will save lives, advance equity and build resilience. Over the past two years, no country has been spared the impacts of COVID-19, a deadly infectious disease that killed millions, infected millions and devastated communities, economies and health systems. The same impacts can be attributed to malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)...
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Malaria eradication requires more than magic bullets
The global community has made impressive strides in malaria control and elimination, but progress has stalled. To reach eradication, we must rethink our approach. The global effort to control malaria, starting with the first concerted actions at the end of the 19th century, has resulted in a major public health success. A disease transmitted and...
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The health of women and children is threatened by a treatable disease
Pregnant women, teenage girls and children remain disproportionately vulnerable to malaria. Malaria is one of the world’s oldest, deadliest diseases, stealing young futures and claiming the life of a child every minute, despite being treatable, preventable and beatable. The heavy human cost of malaria can be measured in the number of each and every life...
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The power of innovation: malaria’s gamechanger
From 2019 to 2020, there was a 12.4% increase in malaria deaths. Approximately two-thirds of these deaths were linked to COVID-19 disruptions, but pandemics cannot be an excuse for lost progress. If anything, COVID-19 has provided greater perspective and urgency to tackle the threat of malaria in endemic countries. Development of groundbreaking malaria vaccine Disruptions...
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We can end NTDs but we must show our commitment now
Incredible progress has been made against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) but there is still work to be done. The Kigali Declaration on NTDs, a new political declaration, provides the opportunity to end NTDs. NTDs are a group of 20 diseases that affect 1.7 billion people globally; they can debilitate, disfigure and kill. These diseases include...