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“Comprehensive malaria control is the lowest hanging fruit on the planet. For just US$ 3 per person per year in the rich countries, it is possible to fund the comprehensive control of malaria in Africa, ensuring universal access to live-saving nets, effective medicines, and other control measures. Millions of lives in the coming years can be saved, with profound economic benefits as well. This is an historic bargain too great to miss.”

Jeffrey Sachs (World Malaria Report 2005)

Malaria continues to be a major threat to public health and development in malaria-endemic countries. Due to improved malaria control measures as well as increased knowledge and awareness about the disease during the past years we are convinced that effective malaria control is possible. What we need is strong political commitment and action, as well as financial resources to increase the number and coverage of malaria control programs and support new initiatives.

We advocate accelerated and comprehensive action against malaria as a crucial component of poverty reduction measures and the achievement of global malaria-related targets such as the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Abuja Targets.

Stop Malaria Now! is particularly working in line with Millennium Development Goal 6:

• Understanding that malaria may never be wiped out once and for all, but can and must be controlled
• Promoting universal access to malaria prevention and treatment measures such as Artemisinin based combination therapies (ACTs) and insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) for all people in need
• Acknowledging that researching, developing and manufacturing of new drugs and insecticides will continue to be of paramount importance due to increased resistances of the parasite to existing drugs
• Supporting an effective partnership between the international community and local communities of people who live their lives threatened by the disease in order to strengthen health systems, build organisational capacity and improve infrastructure for supply and delivery on the ground in malaria-affected countries
• Advocating the need of bridging the supply gap of essential prevention and treatment tools to ensure that life-saving commodities reach vulnerable groups
• Campaigning for the replenishment of the development pipeline as well as for long-term, predictable and sustainable funding for malaria based on strong international political commitment to support malaria endemic countries in rolling out more effective tools to combat malaria and accelerate research in new tools