JC Flowers and Malaria | Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Initiative | Special Initiatives
The global community is making tremendous progress towards the elimination of 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.
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. The initiative focuses its efforts on the cross border areas of Namibia, Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe, where malaria infections — as well as people — travel easily across borders.
By partnering with other funding organizations, governments and local grassroots organizations, the J.C. Flowers Foundation is helping shrink the malaria map so that no child needlessly suffers from malaria.
Despite encouraging progress, malaria continues to kill nearly half a million people annually, with most deaths occurring among children in sub-Saharan Africa.
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. The initiative focuses its efforts on the cross border areas of Namibia, Angola, Zambia and Zimbabwe, where malaria infections — as well as people — travel easily across borders.
By partnering with other funding organizations, governments and local grassroots organizations, the J.C. Flowers Foundation is helping shrink the malaria map so that no child needlessly suffers from malaria.