Ahead of World Malaria Day (WMD) 2024, April 25, the Global Funds to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, has said compared to standard nets, the introduction of 56 million state-of-the-art mosquito nets in Nigeria, 16 other countries across sub-Saharan Africa averted an estimated 13 million malaria cases and 24,600 deaths.
Ahead of World Malaria Day 2024, April 25, the Global Funds to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, has said compared to standard nets, the introduction of 56 million state-of-the-art mosquito nets in Nigeria, 16 other countries across sub-Saharan Africa averted an estimated 13 million malaria cases and 24,600 deaths.
According to a statement by Global Fund, between 2019 and 2022, the New Nets Project supported the deployment of 38.4 million nets across sub-Saharan Africa. In parallel, the Global Fund and United States President’s Malaria Initiative supported the deployment of millions of additional nets under an internal initiative . As a result, a total of 56 million mosquito nets were introduced in Nigeria and 16 other countries across sub-Saharan Africa.
According to the Global Fund, the additional cost per case of malaria averted using the Interceptor G2 nets compared to a standard net ranged from $0.66–$3.56. The reduction in malaria cases and deaths from using the Interceptor G2 nets, compared to a standard net, equated to a potential $28.9 million in financial savings to health systems.
Catalytic market-shaping work under the New Nets Project increased supply and demand of dual active ingredient nets, ensuring equitable and affordable access to novel vector control products for country level control programs and vulnerable populations. CEO of the RBM Partnership to End Malaria, Dr. Michael Charles, said: “The findings of the New Nets Project demonstrate the value of investments into state-of-the-art tools in the fight against malaria. We always say that there is no silver bullet to eliminating malaria and we cannot rely on single interventions, but rather invest in a suite of tools, which when combined, will have the biggest impact on defeating this disease.
The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative, MedAccess and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are key operational and financial partners. A coalition led by IVCC is implementing the project, which includes The Alliance for Malaria Prevention, Imperial College London, The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, PATH, PSI and Tulane University.
As a registered charity in the UK, IVCC receives grant funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UK Aid, USAID, The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to partner with different stakeholders across industry, scientific institutions and endemic countries to facilitate the development and availability of novel and improved public health insecticides and formulations which can combat the rapidly growing.
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