Sun Dec 15 2024

To end malaria, we must empower the people closest to the problem – health workers in affected communities. A special event organized by The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) in partnership with RBM Partnership to End Malaria brought together health workers from every malaria-endemic country to share firsthand experiences fighting malaria. Over 1,700 health professionals (619 francophone and 1,096 anglophone) registered for this bilingual event, which connected practitioners across language barriers from high-burden countries including Nigeria, DRC, Kenya, Ghana, Guinea, Niger, Côte d’Ivoire, and Cameroon. The partnership aims to integrate community-based health workers’ insights into global malaria elimination strategies. Health workers shared powerful testimonials and practical experiences: - Impacts of extreme weather and flooding on disease transmission patterns - Growing drug resistance concerns and supply chain disruptions - Innovative community engagement strategies f...