End Malaria - Blue Ribbon Campaign, welcomed at European meeting

Dr. Mary Galinski, Founder and President of the Malaria Foundation, attended the International Conference on Malaria held April 21-22 in Bonn, Germany: Joining Forces, Synergizing Action, Sustainable and innovative ways of ensuring long-term prevention and treatment measures by 2015. This event was hosted by the European-African Malaria Campaign called Stop Malaria Now! in cooperation with the German Red Crossand the German Foundation for World Population.  As a prelude to the first World Malaria Day (April 25th),120 of the world’s leading advocates against malaria from Africa, North America and Europe came together in unity to analyze the current tools and directions being used to fight malaria and make recommendations.  See program and final document.

Dr. Galinski participated in the working group called ‘Sustainable Financing – Alternative Ways” and she was pleased to see discussion generated by members of the group regarding the future prospects of expanding the “Blue Campaign” as a tool for raising awareness and funds to End Malaria.   The Malaria Foundation launched the End Malaria -Blue Ribbon campaign in 2006 as a universal symbol and tool to engage people worldwide in the fight against this disease. See photos from the launch. 

The Stop Malaria Now ! Organizers distributed End Malaria –Blue Ribbon pins to all participants, compliments of the Malaria Foundation. The End Malaria – Blue Ribbon pins were proudly worn by speakers and panelists, among the group’s most dedicated leaders in the fight against malaria.

Gerald M. Walterfang
Chief Executive Officer, Kenya NGOs Alliance Against Malaria (KeNAaM)

Prof. Awa-Marie Coll-Seck
Executive Director, Roll Back Malaria Partnership

 

Peter Omondi McOdida
Country Director, One Kid One World
Kenya
&
Koffi Toussah
Secretary General, Amitié et Action pour le Développement (2AD)
Togo

Peter Omondi McOdida
Country Director, One Kid One World
Kenya
&
Dr. Pascoal Mocumbi,
High Representative of the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) and former Prime Minister of Mozambique  
Mozambique

Dr. Helen Pates Jamet
Project Manager at Innovation Centre, Vestergaard
Frandsen, Denmark
&
Dr. Christian Loucq
Director, Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) at PATH

Stephen O'Brien, MP
Member of Parliament for Eddisbury
Shadow Minister for Health
House of Commons, London

The ‘Sustainable Financing – Alternative Ways” working group generated discussion regarding the prospects of expanding the  “Blue Campaign” as a tool for raising awareness and funds to End Malaria.  

Partners joining the End Malaria - Blue Ribbon Campaign

ADWR Project (HQ: TEZPUR ASSAM INDIA) 

Africa Fighting Malaria  (HQ: Washington DC, U.S., and South Africa)

African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET) (HQ: Tanzania)

Against Malaria Foundation (HQ: London, England) 

Choi Kwang Do Martial Arts International (HQ: Atlanta, GA, USA)

Christian Children's Fund (HQ: Kenya)

Dunk Malaria  (HQ: New York, NY, USA)

Emory University (HQ: Atlanta, GA, USA) 

FSC Development Services Ltd, (HQ: UK)

FOOTSTEPS, (HQ: Atlanta, GA) 

Gaborone Senior Secondary School (Botswana) and Alexander Dawson School  (Colorado, USA) Partnership.

Global Malaria Program - World Health Organization (HQ: Geneva, Switzerland)

The Goddard School-Marietta-1 (HQ: Marietta, GA, USA) 

Liberian Health, Education & Development (LIHEDE) (HQ: Greensboro, NC, USA)

Music to End Malaria (HQ: Atlanta, GA) 

Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) (HQ: Seattle, WA, USA) 

RWANDA VILLAGE CONCEPT PROJECT (HQ: Butare, Rwanda)

Tanzania ecoVolunteerism (TeV) (HQ: Tanga, Tanzania)

The Zambia Malaria Foundation (HQ: Lusaka, Zambia)

April 2007. Mr. Bill Gates Sr. wore the End Malaria Blue Ribbon pin during a PATH's Africa Malaria Day Community Commemoration event. Standing next to Mr. Bill Gates, Sr. is Dr. Abdi Mohamed of PATH's MACEPA team.  Dr. Mohamed in the country coordinator for the MACEPA program in Zambia. (Courtesy of PATH/ Molly Mort).

Original End Malaria - Blue Ribbon Campaign Report in the Media. 

MFI acknowledges Becky Kwei for bringing the End Malaria - Blue Ribbon Campaign to the media attention. Ms. Kwei is a reporter from The Graphic Communications Group Limited which publishes the Daily Graphic, the widest circulated newspaper in Ghana. Ms. Kwei reported recently on the End Malaria – Blue Ribbon Campaign launch at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene held in Atlanta, GA.  See news report published on November 21, 2006.

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End Malaria Blue Ribbon News 

July 2007. End Malaria-Blue Ribbon Clubs initiated by Indian leader with educational goals, partnerships and empowering message 

July 2007. A.V.I.D Students join the End-Malaria Blue Ribbon Campaign 

May 2007. The Frolicking Frogs of the Goddard School-Marietta 1 join the fight against malaria.  

April 2007. Press release. On April 25th, Malaria Awareness Day & Africa Malaria Day, Choi Kwang Do Martial Art International launched a malaria awareness, education and fundraising campaign worldwide in partnership with the Malaria Foundation International (MFI).  End Malaria - Blue Ribbons help engage supporters.

February 13, 2007. Choi Kwang Do Joins Forces With Malaria Foundation International

Pictures taken during the official launch of the End Malaria - Blue Ribbon Campaign at the 55th ASTMH Meeting in November 12, 2006 - Atlanta Ga

Blue Ribbon Release Pictures  (pdf)

Press Releases

November 1, 2006. Blue Ribbon Campaign Launched by Malaria Foundation International to End Malaria (pdf)

November 19, 2006. Blue Ribbon Campaign and Inspiration Spreads Globally to End Malaria (pdf)

Acknowledgements 

The Malaria Foundation International thanks and acknowledges graphic artist, Mr. Joe Kammer, and colleagues at Media Tenor who created the special MFI logos to coincide with the launch of the End Malaria – Blue Ribbon Campaign.

MFI Copyright December 2006

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