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African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA)

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    • L-R : H.E. President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko of Botswana, Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance; H.E. President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa and Chair of the Global Leaders Network; H.E. President William Ruto of Kenya ;and the Rt. Hon. Helen Clark at the UNGA80 side-event on Global Health Security at the United Nations
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African Leaders Call for Bold, United Action to Tackle Global Health Crises and Sustain Malaria Progress

Leaders reiterated support for the upcoming 8th replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, which aims to raise US$18 billion at its November 2025 conference

African Heads of State and Government convened global leaders on Wednesday at a high-level event on the margins of the 80th United Nations General Assembly, sounding the alarm on escalating threats to global health security. Convened under the theme “Uniting for Global Health Security”, the joint event brought together the…

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    • African leaders appoint a new African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) Chair President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko of Botswana; taking over from HE President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau; and commit to Change the Story on malaria and demand a big push to achieve malaria elimination including a successful Global Fund replenishment (1)
    • African leaders appoint a new African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) Chair President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko of Botswana; taking over from HE President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau; and commit to Change the Story on malaria and demand a big push to achieve malaria elimination including a successful Global Fund replenishment (2)
    • Advocate Duma Gideon Boko, President of the Republic of Botswana
    • African leaders appoint a new African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) Chair President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko of Botswana; taking over from HE President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau; and commit to Change the Story on malaria and demand a big push to achieve malaria elimination including a successful Global Fund replenishment (3)
    • African leaders appoint a new African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) Chair President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko of Botswana; taking over from HE President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau; and commit to Change the Story on malaria and demand a big push to achieve malaria elimination including a successful Global Fund replenishment (4)
    • African leaders appoint a new African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) Chair President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko of Botswana; taking over from HE President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau; and commit to Change the Story on malaria and demand a big push to achieve malaria elimination including a successful Global Fund replenishment (5)
    • African leaders appoint a new African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) Chair President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko of Botswana; taking over from HE President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau; and commit to Change the Story on malaria and demand a big push to achieve malaria elimination including a successful Global Fund replenishment (6)
    • African leaders appoint a new African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) Chair President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko of Botswana; taking over from HE President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau; and commit to Change the Story on malaria and demand a big push to achieve malaria elimination including a successful Global Fund replenishment (7)
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African leaders appoint a new African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) Chair President Advocate Duma Gideon Boko of Botswana; taking over from HE President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea Bissau; and commit to Change the Story on malaria and demand a big push to achieve malaria elimination including a successful Global Fund replenishment

The Global Fund is the largest source of funding for malaria, providing 62% of all international financing for malaria programmes

Against the backdrop of the 2024 Africa Malaria Progress Report, which reveals stagnating progress and mounting threats to malaria elimination across the continent, Heads of State and Government at the African Union Summit committed to mobilising domestic resources and scaling up integrated and innovative financing. Leaders also urged global partners…

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    • Fireside chat: Confronting the malaria perfect storm
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    • His Excellency President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, the outgoing chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA)
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African Leaders at 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Urge Action to Avert Malaria Funding Crisis and Call for Unity

A reduced Global Fund replenishment could result in 137.2 million additional malaria cases and 337,000 more deaths, with severe consequences for poverty, economic growth, and global trade

Leaders from Africa convening on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), have called for concerted effort  against a “Perfect Storm” of converging crises threatening to derail decades of progress in the fight against malaria in Africa. This high-level fireside chat, hosted by the African Leaders Malaria…

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    • H.E Carlos Pinto Pereira, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Communities, Republic of Guinea Bissau ( Center) presents the Africa Malaria Progress Report on the margins of the AU Summit
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Africa faces a perfect storm in the fight against malaria: Leaders urge swift action and more resource commitments

While there is strong political will and a strong tool kit of interventions, progress towards malaria elimination has slowed

His Excellency President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) (www.ALMA2030.org), announced Saturday that Africa is at the centre of a perfect storm that threatens to disrupt essential life-saving malaria services. Africa faces growing threats that increase the risk of malaria cases and deaths. Critical financial…

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    • African Union Heads of State and Government at the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union
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African Union Malaria Progress Report 2022: Sustained Political Will and Adequate Resources Needed to Achieve the Goal of Eliminating Malaria in Africa by 2030

The report also acknowledges the efforts of Member States to launch "Zero Malaria Starts with Me" campaigns and End Malaria Councils and Funds

His Excellency President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (www.ALMA2030.org), presented the African Union Malaria Progress Report 2022 at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. The report highlights the ongoing challenges in the fight against malaria in Africa and the…

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    • Honorable Minister Gilbert Mokoki, The Republic of Congo's Minister of Health and Population receive s the Joyce Kafanabo Award for Best NTD Scorecard Tool
    • Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana, Minister of Health of Rwanda receives the Joyce Kafanabo Award for Best institutionalisation of scorecards across RMNCAH and Malaria
    • H.E President Hakainde Hichilema of the Republic of Zambia receives the Joyce Kafanabo Award for Best Malaria Scorecard Tool
    • H.E President William Ruto of the Republic of Kenya receives the Best RMNCAH (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health) scorecard Award
    • His Excellency Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of the Republic of Guinea Bissau and Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), delivers his remarks at JK Awards
    • Ms. Ummy A. Mwalimu Tanzania's Minister for Health and Social Welfare receives the Joyce Kafanabo Award for Best Innovative use of Scorecards
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7 Heads of State and Government receive Excellence and Innovation Awards for advancing the digitalisation agenda for malaria, RMNCAH, and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) to enhance data driven decision-making

The Excellence and Innovation awards recognise countries that have significantly strengthened their country scorecards

His Excellency Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of the Republic of Guinea Bissau and Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) (www.ALMA2030.org), has announced the winners of the inaugural ALMA Joyce Kafanabo Awards for Excellence and Innovation. The awards, issued at the sidelines of the African Union (AU) Summit in…