November 12, 2006 Press Release  (pdf)
November 19, 2006 Press Release  (pdf)

The Malaria Foundation International officially launched the Blue Ribbon Campaign in Atlanta at the 55th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, held from November 12-16, 2006 at the Marriott Marquis, with the distribution of inaugural Blue Ribbons to all participants. Participants included scientists, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, insecticide treated net distributors, and educators.  Over 4,000 ribbons were distributed by a team of Emory University student and faculty volunteers and by the end of the meeting the majority of participants were displaying a ribbon in their conference name badges.