{"id":68704,"date":"2016-04-26T01:22:48","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T23:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/usaid-administrator-gayle-smith-statement-on-world-malaria-day\/"},"modified":"2016-04-26T01:22:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T23:22:48","slug":"usaid-administrator-gayle-smith-statement-on-world-malaria-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/usaid-administrator-gayle-smith-statement-on-world-malaria-day\/","title":{"rendered":"USAID Administrator Gayle Smith Statement on World Malaria Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, April 25, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ — <\/span><\/p>\n

Today, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Gayle Smith released the following statement in honor of World Malaria Day:<\/p>\n

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“On World Malaria Day, USAID joins partners across the\u00a0globe\u00a0in commemorating incredible progress in the\u00a0fight against malaria. When President Bush\u00a0created\u00a0the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) in 2005, the disease was almost certainly a death sentence for most poor children in Africa. Thanks to his efforts,\u00a0President Obama’s expansion of the initiative,\u00a0bipartisan support in Congress,\u00a0and the hard work of partners around the world,\u00a0today six million lives have been saved,\u00a0a vast majority of whom are\u00a0children.<\/p>\n

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“But our fight is not over. A child still dies every two minutes from malaria.\u00a0So we\u00a0must also\u00a0answer\u00a0President Obama’s calland\u00a0work to end\u00a0malaria\u00a0within a generation. As the world’s leading donor in global health, the United States stands ready to work with partners to\u00a0intensify efforts around the world to\u00a0save lives and\u00a0stop this disease in its tracks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“PMI is emblematic of what can be achieved with leadership, vision, and hard work\u00a0sustained over time. Through PMI, hundreds of millions of people have benefited from protective measures and have been diagnosed and treated for malaria. On World Malaria Day, we\u00a0celebrate\u00a0this progress, remember those we have lost,\u00a0and\u00a0reaffirm\u00a0our commitment\u00a0to ending malaria\u00a0for good.”<\/p>\n

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About\u00a0the President’s Malaria Initiative\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

PMI is a U.S. Government initiative led by the\u00a0U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)\u00a0and implemented with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Today,\u00a0PMI \u00a0supports\u00a019 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and countries in the Greater Mekong sub-region.\u00a0Read PMI’s 10th annual report to Congress\u00a0here.<\/p>\n

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#CallYourShot\u00a0campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n

In conjunction with World Malaria Day, USAID has teamed up with a coalition of partners, including the United Nations Foundation’s Nothing\u00a0But\u00a0Nets and Malaria No More to launch the #CallYourShot\u00a0campaign to raise awareness and funds in the fight against malaria. Basketball\u00a0star Stephen Curry, along with other athletes, celebrities, and everyday champions, are taking part and taking their shots to end malaria for good.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, April 25, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ — Today, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Gayle Smith released the following statement in honor of World Malaria Day: “On World Malaria Day, USAID joins partners across the\u00a0globe\u00a0in commemorating incredible progress in the\u00a0fight against malaria. When President Bush\u00a0created\u00a0the U.S. President’s Malaria […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-68704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}