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The United Nations Foundation's United to Beat Malaria campaign works to end malaria in our lifetimes
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The United Nations Foundation's United to Beat Malaria campaign is a global, grassroots campaign to raise awareness and funding to beat malaria, a leading cause of death among children in Africa. United to Beat Malaria provides everyone – students to CEOs, bishops to basketball players – the opportunity to join the fight against malaria by giving $10 to send a net and save a life.

08/20/2026

This World Mosquito Day, we are taking a closer look at the world’s deadliest animal and the growing challenges it poses to communities around the world.
Mosquitoes are expanding into new environments and creating new challenges for malaria prevention. With the right resources, innovation and continued investment, we can protect communities and continue the fight.

Check out our latest blog post to read more about the world’s deadliest animal and our fight against it https://beatmalaria.org/

08/06/2026

Drug-resistant malaria poses a significant, and growing, threat.

Scientists have identified a malaria mutation with a reduced sensitivity to antimalarial treatments spreading across the Lake Victoria Basin. This mutation highlights a broader need for continued investment in research, warning systems, and new malaria treatments. Staying ahead of drug resistance protects decades of progress made in the fight against malaria and helps us avoid dangerous outbreaks.

08/03/2026

“Nationwide, nearly 52,000 fewer children under age five suffered a bout of severe malaria in 2025–2026 than in the year before.” One year after introducing the malaria vaccine, Uganda is seeing encouraging early results in one of the world’s highest malaria transmission settings.

In the Apac District, where people experience an estimate of 1,586 infectious mosquito bites per person each year, the highest recorded in the world, severe malaria hospitalizations among children have dropped by 63%.

While researchers continue to study the vaccines long-term impact, these early findings highlight what’s possible when malaria vaccines combine with proven interventions.
Read more from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance https://bit.ly/4wyQwyZ

07/30/2026

Twenty years ago, United to Beat Malaria began as Nothing But Nets with a single ask: send a bed net.

Two decades later, our campaign has helped protect more than 42 million people across 61 countries. What started with net distribution now includes diagnostics, preventive treatment for pregnant women, vaccines, and sustained advocacy for U.S. leadership and federal funding for the fight against malaria.

Progress like that belongs to the people. So we are spending this anniversary year sharing the voices of the advocates who made it possible.

The first is Jenna Reed, a malaria researcher in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jenna’s case for why Americans should care is a practical one: when we engage in disease prevention abroad, we keep Americans safer at home and when we travel across borders. The evidence supports her. The United States eliminated malaria in 1951, but the CDC still records roughly 2,000 cases and an average of seven deaths each year, almost entirely among travelers returning from countries where malaria is endemic. Many of them traveled to visit family.

Globally, an estimated 2.3 billion cases and 14 million deaths have been averted since 2000, and 47 countries have now been certified malaria free.

United, we can be the generation to beat malaria. Jenna is the first voice. We hope you will follow along.

07/28/2026

From his critical role supporting PEPFAR and the President’s Malaria Initiative to his advocacy for constructive U.S. engagement abroad, Lindsey Graham was a powerful champion for global health and humanitarian aid.

He will be missed, but his legacy endures in the millions of lives America’s global health programs have saved and the countless futures they made possible.

07/23/2026

The Global Fund has approved $4.6 million in emergency funds for malaria prevention in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. By reducing the burden caused by a high number of malaria cases, this support will strengthen the county's response to the recent Ebola outbreak, which has killed nearly 1,000 people in the DRC.

Health investments from the Global Fund and other organizations have helped the DRC build stronger health systems and responses to outbreaks for years. By providing mosquito nets and antimalarial medicine, and strengthening contact tracing and diagnostic capabilities, this funding for the DRC could save many lives and reduce the spread of malaria and Ebola.

06/26/2026

Globally, progress against malaria has slowed since the mid-2010s. But Ghana has bucked that trend, in a big way.

Since introducing the malaria vaccine in 2019, millions of kids have been protected. Malaria deaths in children under 5 have gone down by 86%.

It’s a story about the power of innovation. More importantly, it’s the story of how to roll out an innovation at scale so it has the maximum impact.

Swipe to see how Ghana did it, and check out Dr Selorm Kutsoati’s article in Health Policy Watch for more on the key lessons that can be applied across the continent: https://healthpolicy-watch.news/how-ghana-slashed-child-malaria-deaths-by-86/

06/20/2026

Today is the 75th World Refugee Day, a reminder of the struggle – and the resilience – of the more than 100 million people who have been forced to flee their homes.

On top of the trauma of displacement, refugees are also disproportionately at risk from health threats, including malaria. Two-thirds of displaced people live in countries where malaria is endemic.

But UNHCR and international partners are working tirelessly to expand access to essential tools — from tests to bed nets to anti-malarial drugs — to ensure refugees are protected.

Visit https://beatmalaria.org/healthy-start-for-refugee-children/ to learn more about how we’re supporting those efforts and how you can help.

05/20/2026

Yesterday, United Nations Foundation, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and UNICEF hosted an event at where global health leaders and civil society discussed how to sustain life-saving health services for mothers and children during humanitarian crises.

One key takeaway: Health services already in place for and can be leveraged to keep communities safe from other deadly diseases as well.

05/14/2026

ICMYI: $2b in appropriated global health funds are expiring in September – including $250m intended for malaria programs. There’s a real chance they could go towards paying USAID closeout costs instead.

That’s $2b that the State Department could use to save lives, advance America’s global health goals, and keep Americans safe. It needs to reach the programs where it can make a difference.

Read the explainer: https://bit.ly/2b-OMB-CN

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