Malaria No More

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| name = Malaria No More

| type = Nonprofit organization

| founded_date = December 2006

| founder = Peter Chernin and Raymond G. Chambers

| key_people = Timothy "Scott" Case

| location = Seattle

| area_served = Worldwide

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.malarianomore.org/}}

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Malaria No More is a nonprofit organization that seeks to eradicate malaria. The organization has offices in the United States, as well as affiliates in India, Japan and the United Kingdom, and is known for its participation in the Idol Gives Back charity specials.{{cite web

|url=http://www.americanidol.com/news/view/pid/1931/ |title=Idol Gives Back Returns! |author=AI Insider

|date=5 October 2009 |work=americanidol.com |publisher=FOX |accessdate=3 April 2011 }}

History

Malaria No More was established in December 2006 by business leaders looking to apply private sector expertise and entrepreneurial methods to tackling malaria.{{cn|date=September 2022}} In 2008, it was one of six charities supported by the TV show American Idol, as part of its "Idol Gives Back" campaign."[https://www.newspapers.com/article/la-prensa-idol-gives-back/160716460/ Idol Gives Back]", La Prensa (November 17, 2008), p. A126.

Since Malaria No More's inception - at the White House event that launched the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative in 2006 - Malaria No More has worked to mobilize political commitment, funding and innovation, with the goal of "ending malaria within our generation."{{Cite web |title=Fact Sheet: The White House Summit on Malaria |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2006/11/20061113.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov}}

Convened by Malaria No More, Forecasting Healthy Futures is a growing coalition of global health, technology and public sector partners coming together to bring greater attention to the inequities at the intersection of global health and climate change among policy makers and thought leaders across sectors and to promote proactive, resilient solutions that use integrated data and artificial intelligence to anticipate and mitigate the worst health effects of a warming planet.{{Cite web |title=Forecasting Healthy Futures (FHF) Global Summit 2023 {{!}} NYU School of Global Public Health |url=https://publichealth.nyu.edu/events-news/events/2023/03/14/forecasting-healthy-futures-fhf-global-summit-2023 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=publichealth.nyu.edu}}

In June 2024, the World Economic Forum noted that The Malaria 'Dividend{{'}} report by Malaria No More UK found that reducing malaria by 90% by 2030 could "increase Africa’s GDP by $126.9 billion – or $16 billion per year".{{cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/06/malaria-global-health-economy-africa/ |title=Here's how reducing malaria can add $16 billion to Africa's GDP every year|work=World Economic Forum|date=June 20, 2024}}

References

External links

[https://www.malarianomore.org/ Malaria No More's official Website]
[https://forecastinghealthyfutures.org/ Forecasting Healthy Futures]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20090420160032/http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/04/17/twittering-for-a-good-cause/ Twittering for a Good Cause], CNN, April 17, 2009
[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122239705351678029 Big Guns Enter Malaria Fight], Wall Street Journal, September 26, 2008
[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/opinion/11kristof.html?_r=1 Saving the World in Study Hall], New York Times, May 11, 2008

Category:Non-profit organizations based in Washington (state)

Category:Malaria organizations

Category:Organizations established in 2006

Category:Medical and health organizations based in Washington (state)