As I was watching the Gates Malaria Forum‘s “Town Hall” yesterday evening (entire day’s webcast), I was struck by an anecdote told by Brian Greenwood, Professor at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine:
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Melinda Gates, Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, opened the Gates Malaria Forum in Seattle this morning with a call to embrace the effort to eradicate malaria.
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In Seattle today, 250 leaders in the malaria space interacted at the first ever Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Malaria Forum.
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Nothing But Nets, a global, grassroots campaign to prevent malaria, a leading killer of children in Africa, announced today it will fund the distribution and delivery of over 200,000 insecticide-treated bed nets to children under five and pregnant women in Congo-Brazzaville from October 15-19, 2007.
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What a way to start the day! On Thursday morning, Elizabeth McKee and I met our partners and friends, Diego and Ginna Gutierrez, Larry Hollon of the People of the United Methodist Church, and Andrea Lewis with Idol Gives Back to catch up and prepare for a panel about the importance of innovative partnerships that bring new champions like you to the fight against malaria.
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Following the bold announcement of Bill and Melinda Gates’ goal of eliminating malaria at the Gates Malaria Forum in Seattle, there was a follow up speech talking about the costs of this task.
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My son-in-law was diagnosed with cancer May 25, 2007 and died August 27, 2007 leaving a five year-old daughter. During his last three months, he set up trusts for my daughter and granddaughter, Kylie.
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Your nets hit the mark! I was in Pointe Noire for the reception and hand-over of the nets donated by Nothing but Nets and received a very warm reception from the local prefet and village councils where the nets will be delivered.
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On Friday in Maryland, Sanaria Inc. hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony and grand opening of the world’s first clinical manufacturing research facility for a live attenuated sporozoite malaria vaccine.
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