MALARIA: The President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI)

April 2010
"In Africa, where the disease burden is the greatest, many countries are making dramatic gains in reducing the terrible burden of malaria, particularly for the benefit of those most vulnerable so that malaria is no longer an intractable fact of life. Today, I recommit to work with our partners in this fight."
U.S. President Barack Obama, World Malaria Day celebrations, April 24, 2009
A Dramatic Scale-up of Malaria Control Interventions
The U.S. Government (USG) has contributed to a rapid scale-up of malaria prevention and treatment measures across 15 President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI)-supported countries over the past four years. Many of these countries have reported significant reductions in under-five mortality, and there is strong and growing evidence that malaria prevention and treatment efforts are a major factor in these reductions. This progress is a result of the collective actions of African governments; the USG; international organizations, including The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), the World Health Organization, the World Bank; and nongovernmental organizations.
PMI Highlights
• More than 41,000 health workers trained on case management; in addition, 2,800 health workers were trained on malaria laboratory diagnosis, and 14,000 were trained on the prevention and treatment of malaria in pregnant women during 2009;
• Nearly 27 million people protected as a result of PMI-supported indoor residual spraying in 2009;
• More than 27 million insecticide-treated nets procured, and more than 19 million distributed since the Initiative began;
• 57 million life-saving antimalarial treatments procured, and more than 40 million distributed since the Initiative began;
• Support provided to countries to improve the management of antimalarial drugs and other essential medical commodities since the Initiative began has resulted in significant improvements in supply chain systems in all 15 PMI focus countries.
http://www.pmi.gov/resources/reports/pmi_fastfacts.pdf