{"id":1959,"date":"2020-07-24T09:03:16","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T08:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/targetmalaria.org\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2023-11-06T13:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:19:06","slug":"bridging-the-investment-gap-in-the-fight-against-malaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/targetmalaria.org\/fr\/latest\/blog\/bridging-the-investment-gap-in-the-fight-against-malaria\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridging the investment gap in the fight against malaria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 2010-2020 decade witnessed a renewed call for action to scale up the fight against malaria. While recent World Malaria Reports indicate positive trends towards reducing malaria cases, they caution that progress towards zero malaria remains slow and accelerated change is necessary.<\/span> The next decade 2020-2030 is a crucial one as many commitments made in the last decade<\/span> to eliminate the disease <\/span>are working with a 2030 deadline<\/span>. This include<\/span>s<\/span> the <\/span>Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

At the 2018 high-level Malaria Summit in London, Heads of State and Government, scientists, business leaders, philanthropists and other global health stakeholders renewed their commitment to eradicate the disease, including a US$4.1 billion collective fund as well as a <\/span>new commitment<\/span><\/a> to halve malaria cases by 2023 and a 90% reduction of cases by 2030.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same summit, <\/span>WHO<\/span> also urged leaders, especially in high-burden countries, to take ownership at country level<\/span> and <\/span>build strong health systems including focused investments in primary health care. <\/span>On his part, Bill Gates called for continued investment in research and development and noted that \u201c<\/span>we have to keep innovating to control malaria, because conditions evolve,\u201d <\/span>and <\/span>\u201c<\/span>t<\/span>he mosquito and the parasite develop resistance to the interventions we use to fight them.\u201d<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 marked another crucial year for the fight as more tangible action was witnessed.
<\/span>The Global Fund<\/span><\/a>\u00b9 announced<\/span><\/a> its largest-ever funding allocations for eligible countries to fight AIDS, TB and malaria. This included US$12.71 billion for country allocations and US$890 million for catalytic investments – 23% more than the previous three-year period. The funds are expected to help save 16 million lives and cut the mortality rate for the three diseases by half, avert 234 million new cases and \u201cget the world back on track to end the three epidemics by 2030\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the area of research and development, the WHO Strategic advisory group on malaria eradication published a set of <\/span>key findings and recommendations<\/span><\/a> in August 2019<\/span> that<\/span> identified a renewed R&D agenda as \u201cone of the highest priorities in efforts to achieve the vision of a malaria-free\u201d world. The advisory group calls for better tools and approaches including novel interventions to complement the \u201cold and imperfect\u201d current tools for vector control. Building on this report, the WHO recently published the \u201c<\/span>Malaria eradication: benefits, future scenarios & feasibility<\/span><\/a>\u201d, reaffirming the organization\u2019s commitment to eliminate the disease and reminding us that a malaria-free world is yet possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the first quarter of 2020, great milestones have been recorded. In early January, it was<\/span> announced<\/span><\/a> that 2 billion mosquito<\/span> nets<\/span> had been distributed worldwide since 2004. This great achievement<\/span> reflects the global effort to \u201cboost funding, pioneer, produce and deliver the insecticide-treated mosquito nets to millions of vulnerable families around the world\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, the new Chair of the <\/span>African Leaders Malaria Allianc<\/span><\/a>e<\/a> (ALMA), HE President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya,<\/span> announced<\/span><\/a> his four priorities with the aim of ridding the continent of malaria by 2030. The four ambitious areas of action (which gained immediate support of the African Union and the RBM Partnership CEO) are:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n