Malaria Elimination is Within Our Reach
The world has seen remarkable progress against malaria — a life threatening, parasitic disease transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, the number of malaria deaths has declined by nearly 70 percent since the year 2000.
Despite encouraging progress, malaria continues to kill nearly half a million people annually, with most deaths occurring among children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Despite encouraging progress, malaria continues to kill nearly half a million people annually, with most deaths occurring among children in sub-Saharan Africa.
We Have the Tools to Defeat Malaria
- Mosquitos can be controlled through cost-effective interventions like long-lasting insecticide treated bed nets and indoor residual spraying with a long-lasting insecticide.
- There are effective treatments that work with very few side effects to cure malaria for good.
- Rapid diagnostic tests allow malaria diagnosis with just a drop of blood in under 20 minutes.
But gaps exist, and challenges remain
- Approximately 60 million malaria cases go undiagnosed and untreated each year, and one and four children living in sub Saharan Africa are still living in a household without protection from mosquitoes.
- Mosquitoes are developing resistance to insecticides, and malaria parasites are developing resistance to existing treatment
Progress in saving lives has stalled.
We are at a crossroads and can choose to invest in elimination, or risk resurgence.
The J.C. Flowers Foundation’s Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Elimination Initiative supports programs to eliminate malaria in some of the hardest to reach, or “last mile,” communities in sub-Saharan Africa. We envision a world where all communities have access to the knowledge, prevention, and treatment needed to eliminate malaria. Focusing at the community level, we strengthen a network of malaria volunteers to deliver malaria education, preventive, and treatment services.
By working directly with communities and faith leaders, we aim to shrink the malaria map so that no child needlessly suffers from malaria.
By working directly with communities and faith leaders, we aim to shrink the malaria map so that no child needlessly suffers from malaria.