United to Beat Malaria, in partnership with RBM Partnership to End Malaria, has launched a Storymap – Next Chapter of Progress: Africa-Driven Innovation to Beat Malaria – showcasing over 50 Africa-driven partnerships that are driving sustainable progress towards malaria elimination.

What does progress look like in the fight against malaria?

Recent years have shown that the path to eradication won’t be linear. After achieving historic gains from 2000 to 2015, progress against malaria has since stagnated due to drug and insecticide resistance, climate change, financing gaps, and other threats.

And yet, there are so many reasons to feel optimistic about the future of the malaria fight.

We’re seeing an unprecedented wave of innovation and local-global collaboration in this space in recent years. New vaccines, next-generation bed nets and drugs, and a host of other new malaria tools and strategies are reaching millions of people across Africa, which carries 96% of the global malaria burden. And much of the infrastructure driving these innovations is being built sustainably in Africa – from R&D and manufacturing to local delivery and implementation.

 Our new StoryMap – Next Chapter of Progress: Africa-Driven Innovation to Beat Malaria – showcases 50+ Africa-driven partnerships driving sustainable progress towards malaria elimination.

The StoryMap highlights a wide range of local-global collaborations under four categories: research and development, manufacturing and supply chain, planning and implementation, and community engagement and action. We look forward to sharing this StoryMap with key decision makers, technical experts, and media outlets; and we will continue to add new stories to this evergreen map.

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Please contact Emile Dawisha ([email protected]), Senior Communications Officer at United to Beat Malaria, with any media requests or feedback.

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