The RBM partnership has lately been focusing on the health needs of people affected by emergencies. This is because more people die from malaria in the aftermath of the conflict or natural disaster than those killed during the actual emergency. Greater attention to the impact of malaria in malaria-endemic areas will prevent thousands of deaths and reduce suffering considerably. Governments, communities, international organizations, bilateral agencies, the research community, industry and the private sector - all have important roles to play in making early diagnosis and treatment of malaria and ITMs more accessible and affordable to most people, especially vulnerable groups. The donor community and bilateral agencies can also assist by mobilizing resources and providing debt relief to poor and seriously affected countries.
Malaria is preventable and curable.
It can be controlled. Let us all commit and rededicate ourselves to the noble goals of the RBM partnership. This way, we shall all be contributing to keeping malaria at bay and rolling forward with development in Africa.