March Madness has arrived! And to celebrate, we’re excited to introduce our new campaign ambassador, Jeremiah Nyarko. A native of Ghana, Jeremiah is a budding basketball star who will play for Arizona State University next season. Amazingly, Jeremiah has only been playing basketball for six years; he grew up playing soccer in the suburbs of … Continued
Read ArticleWe could not be prouder of the work you accomplished at Summit! Because of your hard work and dedication, we engaged more than 160 Congressional Offices from 41 states to advocate for strong bipartisan leadership and robust funding for the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance; UNICEF; … Continued
Read ArticleImagine a company that puts purpose before profit. Next, imagine a world where all business and profit are driven by the goal of supporting local and global grassroots campaigns. For the past five years, I have been working for a brand called Cotopaxi whose goal is to alleviate poverty. Cotopaxi is an outdoor brand based … Continued
Read ArticleUnited to Beat Malaria invites you to go the extra “kilometer” in the fight to beat malaria. Between April 25-May 5, 2024, join supporters around the world for the third annual Move Against Malaria 5K, a virtual event to raise awareness and funds to support lifesaving malaria tools and programs. We want to make this … Continued
Read ArticleChampions, Thank you for joining our training webinars leading up to our 2024 United to Beat Malaria Leadership Summit which will be held in Washington, D.C. March 10-12, 2024! You can register below for the trainings and all recordings and slides will be posted here: Monday, January 22 Webinar – Recording | Slides Monday, February … Continued
Read ArticleWe’re excited to welcome three new interns for the spring semester! Our next intern spotlight features Apurva Joshi, our new Development and Partnerships intern. Check out the Q&A below! Tell us about yourself! My name is Apurva Joshi and I am pursuing a degree in International Affairs at George Washington University with a minor in … Continued
Read ArticleWe’re excited to welcome three new interns for the spring semester! Our second intern spotlight features Krutika Patel, our Grassroots Advocacy intern. Check out the Q&A and the video below! Tell us about yourself! My name is Krutika Patel and I am a recent graduate from Johns Hopkins University. I majored in International Studies and … Continued
Read ArticleWe’re excited to welcome three new interns for the spring semester! Our first intern spotlight features Brian Zhang, our Communications intern. Check out the Q&A and the video below! Tell us about yourself! I am Brian Zhang, and I am a third-year undergraduate student at Yale on the pre-med track. My dream is to one … Continued
Read ArticleOn January 31, 2024, the United to Beat Malaria Grassroots team kicked off our pilot Advocacy Ambassadors program with a cohort of 20 students from across the country who will take a leadership role in rallying their campus communities in support of global programs working to end malaria. Ambassadors can refer to this post to … Continued
Read ArticleThe 2023 World Malaria Report revealed that, following significant setbacks during the COVID-19 pandemic, malaria rates have stabilized in many respects. Nevertheless, malaria cases and deaths remain higher than they were pre-pandemic, in part due to growing drug and insecticide resistance, rising rates of humanitarian crises and displacement, an invasive new mosquito species in the African continent, among other threats. And yet, … Continued
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