Today, on World Malaria Day, we can celebrate how far we have come in the global fight to end this deadly disease. Groundbreaking innovations have been developed that are saving and protecting millions of lives. Over the past two decades we have helped halve the death rate from malaria.
But this progress is at risk. A perfect storm of challenges is putting the world at risk of a major resurgence of malaria. Drug and insecticide resistance, changing weather patterns, funding shortfalls and humanitarian crises are making the fight harder.
Today we call on world leaders to continue to invest in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, so we can get new and existing malaria fighting tools to the people who need them most.
