Support for PMI to Fight Malaria
CCIH signed onto a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressing the concern and urgency of obligating the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) FY24 funds to active awards as soon as possible to save lives, especially in light of the upcoming rainy season and an anticipated spike in cases and deaths. It also emphasizes the need for reasonable programming deadlines and ensuring strong leadership. It is essential that life-saving commodities such as bed nets, indoor residual spray, diagnostics, treatment, and seasonal malaria chemoprevention are in place in the next few weeks. Without immediate action, tens of millions of children, pregnant women, and at-risk communities will be left unprotected, which will lead to a precipitous spike in malaria cases and deaths.
See The Letter