Our Impact

At Malaria No More, we’re reshaping the global malaria fight through strategic partnerships and a multidisciplinary approach. Our influence spans across advocacy, policy, communications, technical programs, and finance to drive meaningful change.

PROGRESS, PARTNERSHIP, AND INNOVATION

2006

President George W. Bush hosts the White House Summit on Malaria where he calls for an ambitious public-private effort to defeat malaria and announces the creation of Malaria No More to help lead this effort.

2008

Malaria No More partners with American Idol for a special television event, Idol Gives Back. Over 60 million watched British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledge 20 million bed nets to combat malaria in Africa. The star-studded event helped raise tens of millions of dollars to fight malaria.

2008

MNM founders Ray Chambers and Peter Chernin host world leaders to announce $3.2 billion in new financing commitments behind the RBM Partnership’s Global Malaria Action Plan. Read in the Wall Street Journal article, “Big Guns Enter Malaria Fight.“

2008

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appoints Ray Chambers “UN Special Envoy for Malaria” and sets global goal of universal coverage of malaria prevention tools by the end of 2010, dramatically expanding the access to bed nets in sub-Saharan Africa.

2009

Malaria No More UK is founded to expand political will, secure funding, and drive innovation across the British government, media, and private sector in the fight to end malaria.

2009

African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) is launched, a venture between Ray Chambers, President Kikwete, and six Heads of State and Government. Today, ALMA consists of 55 African Leaders committed to malaria control and prevention tracking accountability and action. MNM hosts and supports ALMA for its first years of operation.

2010

Malaria No More supports the first universal coverage bed net campaign with Youssou N’dour, PMI, and the Government of Senegal. As part of the campaign, celebrities delivered nearly 100,000 bed nets to Senegal via Malaria No More.

2012

MNM Japan is founded as a collaboration between Malaria No More and Sumitomo Chemical to elevate political will and product innovation in Japan and the Asia Pacific.

2013

WHO announces that malaria deaths have declined 50% among African children. MNM CEO Martin Edlund joins CNN’s Wolf Blitzer to celebrate the milestone.

2015

Malaria No More and its partners celebrate the delivery of the 1 billionth mosquito net and celebrate a 58% decline in malaria mortality, with 4.3 million lives saved.

2016

In his final State of the Union Address, President Obama calls for an additional $200 million in support for the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative. “Many children are just one mosquito away from death. And that is a moral outrage,” he tells the UN General Assembly.

2017

USAID Administrator Green Announces PMI expansion in West and Central Africa adding Cote d’Ivoire, Niger, and Sierra Leone and expanding the existing program in Burkina Faso. PMI funding increased from $619 million to $723 million.

2018

The Regional Malaria Elimination Initiative (RMEI) is announced to support seven Central American countries and the Dominican Republic to help take their final step towards eliminating malaria. MNM worked with the Inter-American Development Bank to create the $210 million blended finance facility with partners.

2018

MNM India is founded to support Prime Minister Modi’s goal of malaria elimination in 2030, starting with a partnership that helped the high-burden state of Odisha reduce malaria cases by 90% over three years.

2020

MNM creates the Health Finance Coalition to scale blended finance solutions for high-impact health initiatives in Africa with partners.

We Power Innovative Solutions to End Malaria

Malaria No More is exclusively focused on driving the political commitment, funding, and innovation needed to drive meaningful and lasting impact in the malaria campaign. Here’s how we help fuel the fight to end malaria.

Stunning progress against malaria in the past decade has allowed the world to imagine a different future.
– H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Former President of Liberia and End Malaria Council Member