GSK – Comic Relief partnership to fight malaria and improve health
Strengthening health systems’ ability to fight malaria and improve people’s health in Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and the Greater Mekong Sub Region.
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Objectives
- Comic Relief and GSK joined forces in a five-year partnership to help strengthen health systems’ ability to fight malaria and improve people’s health in Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and the Greater Mekong Sub Region.
After an unprecedented period of success in global malaria control, progress has stalled. According to the 2018 WHO World Malaria Report, data from 2015–2017 highlight that no significant progress in reducing global malaria cases was made in this period. In 2017 alone, there were 219 million new cases of malaria worldwide and an estimated 435,000 malaria deaths – 92% of which were in Africa.
The World Health Organization has set a target to cut malaria cases and deaths by at least 90% by 2030. This will take teamwork. In 2015, Comic Relief and GSK joined forces in a five-year partnership to help strengthen health systems’ ability to fight malaria and improve people’s health in five malaria endemic countries.
This Partnership – created through a £17 million donation from GSK and £5 million from Comic Relief – provides targeted grants to organisations tackling malaria on the frontline in Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and the Greater Mekong Sub Region.
These grants, made and managed by Comic Relief, complement national malaria control programmes and help ensure people access prevention, diagnosis, and treatment at the right time and in the right place.
Beyond grant making, the partnership aims to inspire global action on malaria by sharing compelling stories that of impact and empowering a generation of advocates.
This partnership builds on GSK’s longstanding commitment to fighting malaria on all fronts – from researching medicines and vaccines, to supporting community prevention and education efforts.
Results and milestones
GSK has supported 25 projects across Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Mozambique and the Greater Mekong region of South East Asia that improve malaria awareness and prevention efforts and get treatment to the people who need it.
Together, we have so far reached more than 1.7 million people, including over 165,000 pregnant women and over 226,000 children under five.
Geographic Reach
- Africa
- South-East Asia
- Western Pacific
Disease Area
- Infectious and Parasitic Disease
Target Population
- Children
- Women
- Youth
- People with low incomes
- Marginalized/indigenous people
- Rural populations
Partner organizations
Anglican Diocesan Development and Relief Organization (ADDRO)
On Our Radar
Health Poverty Action
Concern
Speak Up Africa
Restless Development
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Doctors with Africa (CUAAM)
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Malaria Consortium
Malaria No More
Population Services International (PSI)
African Leader Malaria Alliance (ALMA)
Comic Relief
RESULTS
Programa Inter-Religiosa Contra a Malaria (PIRCOM)
Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR)
Tanzania Communication & Development Center
Association for Private Health Facilities Tanzania
T-MARC Tanzania
Manhica Foundation
Nweti Health Communication
BBC Media Action
King's College London
Geographic Reach
Africa
- Ghana
- Mozambique
- Sierra Leone
- United Republic of Tanzania
South-East Asia
- Myanmar
Western Pacific
- Cambodia
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
Disease Area
Infectious and Parasitic Disease
- Malaria