Malaria Consortium 2003-2013: a decade in communicable disease control and child health Contents 1 Chair’s foreword 2 Our birth and growth 6 Malaria Consortium, 2003-2013 8 Our evolution at country level 14 Disease control: malaria and neglected tropical diseases 22 Linking the community to health systems 30 Moving to elimination 38 Going forward Thank you The last 10 years for Malaria Consortium have been made possible thanks to the unwavering support of our donors, partners and collaborators from across the world. Collaboration and cooperation with others has been the cornerstone of all our achievements in the fight against malaria and other communicable childhood and neglected tropical diseases. It is thanks to these partnerships that we are able to provide some of the world’s most vulnerable people with better health care and offer them a chance for a future free from the burden of diseases which are treatable and preventable. t A key focus of Malaria Consortium has been effective diagnosis of malaria which helps save millions of lives Tadej Znidarcic Tadej Growing through innovation and partnership Malaria Consortium was founded by a small team of people with a vision – to build the capacity of malaria-endemic countries worldwide to deal with a common and treatable disease that was devastating the lives of poor and vulnerable communities. Over the course of a decade of innovation and Whilst the organisation has grown significantly, our strong partnerships, this vision has grown from focus on the national and grassroots level has enabled focusing solely on malaria control and prevention, us to remain an effective on-the-ground partner, which to include integrated approaches to improving child has meant that in all that we have done, we have health and neglected tropical diseases. Now working continued to build capacity in the countries where across Africa and Asia, we are delighted to take the we work. Dr Julian Lob-Levyt opportunity of our anniversary to reflect on what We remain as committed as our early pioneers Chair we have achieved. in ensuring that we continue to fight malaria, For the last 10 years, the global fight against malaria a disease that is both preventable and curable. has seen an incredible acceleration. Since 2000, global Looking forward, we will continue to grow as an prevention and control efforts have led to a significant organisation but with a renewed focus on developing decline in mortality rates across all ages, but especially integrated strategies that address malaria and other in children worldwide. For the first time, the goal of communicable diseases beyond 2015. These strategies elimination is starting to look achievable in a number will need continued investment, more effective of countries in Africa, an aspiration that would have treatments and new tools to maintain the progress “For the first time, the goal of been dismissed as unrealistic a decade ago. that has been made. elimination is starting to look Today, Malaria Consortium partners with ministries We would like to extend a huge thank you to achievable in a number of of health in 15 countries to combat disease and our partners and supporters who have worked countries in Africa, an aspiration improve child health. We work in six of the 25 highest alongside us for the last 10 years. It is because of malaria burden countries in the world, in post-conflict these partnerships that we are able to continue the that would have been dismissed countries and in areas of Southeast Asia where drug fight against malaria and other infectious diseases, as unrealistic a decade ago” resistance is a developing threat. providing communities worldwide with the support they need to have a future free from disease. Finally, and on behalf of the board, I would like to personally thank the staff and leadership of Malaria Consortium – both past and present. Without their dedication and professionalism, we would not be the respected and effective organisation that we have become. 1 Malaria Consortium: our birth and growth Dr Sylvia Meek Technical director t Malaria Consortium’s first organisational strategy meeting in 2004, including its founders Sunil Mehra (front row, third from right), Graham Root (middle row, centre) and Sylvia Meek (middle row, second from right) 2 Malaria Consortium: our birth and growth 2003-04 £0.9 million 2004-05 £1.2 million 2005-06 £3.2 million 2006-07 £5.4 million 2007-08 £10.2 million 2008-09 £12.5 million 2009-10 £19.0 million 2010-11 £24.6 million 2011-12 £30.4 million 2012-13 £31.2 million 2003-04 £0.9 million 2004-05 £1.2 million 2005-06 £3.2 million 2006-07 £5.4 million 2007-08 £10.2 million 2008-09 £12.5 million 2009-10 £19.0 million 2010-11 £24.6 million 2011-12 £30.4 million 2012-13 £31.2 million 2003-04 £0.9 million 2004-05 £1.2 million 2005-06 £3.2 million 2006-07 £5.4 million 2007-08 £10.2 million 2008-09 £12.5 million 2009-10 £19.0 million 2010-11 £24.6 million 2011-12 £30.4 million 2012-13 £31.2 million p Our income growth over the last decade 2003-04 £0.9 million 2004-05 £1.2 million 2005-06 £3.2 million 2006-07 £5.4 million 2007-08 £10.2 million 2008-09 £12.5 million 2009-10 £19.0 million 2010-11 £24.6 million 2011-12 £30.4 million 2012-13 £31.2 million such as the competition between investing in malaria malaria in investing between competition the as such debates, over-theoretical sometimes the at impatience some felt We found. had we gap a fill to but doing, were others what duplicated that organisation an up start to want not did We programmes. control malaria comprehensive shape to approaches new out trying available, resources the with more do to ministries with work to wanted We countries. endemic in capacity local building and programmes country from directly learning implementation, control malaria on more focus to wanted also we but strategy, and policy on advising consortium, original the of work the continue to wanted only not We born. was NGO the Consortium Malaria when is that and centre, resource health general a to on move to decided DFID years, nine After ones. existing evaluating and programmes new designing investment, control malaria on DFID advising on focused predominantly It (DFID). 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