Malaria Summit Concluded In London Details, Aim, Purpose

Malaria Summit Concluded In London- Details, Aim, Purpose

The Malaria Summit held on 18th April 2018 was concluded in London, UK. It was an event to suppress malaria across the commonwealth member states.

The Malaria Summit was organized by non-profit organisation Malaria No More in conjunction with Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Foundation and supported by Britain Prime Minister Theresa May.

The Malaria summit concurred with Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London, a biennial convening of 53 Commonwealth leaders, whose countries are disproportionately affected by malaria.

The Malaria summit united 14 heads of state and governments, scientists, private sector and international organisations to make game-changing commitments towards beating malaria.

However, India despite of having the third largest malaria cases in the world after Congo and Nigeria showed no participation in the Malaria Summit.

The Malaria summit participants committed on high level political commitment towards malaria elimination, significant increase in investment from malaria endemic countries to leverage and complement donor funding, new innovative tools to overcome the growing threat of resistance and improved methods to track disease to enable more effective and efficient intervention and to prevent resurgence.

The Malaria summit pledged investment of over $3.8 billion to pay for innovation in malaria research and treatment. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria also pledged $2 billion would be invested in 46 countries affected by malaria between 2018-20.

Malaria is life-threatening mosquito-borne blood disease caused by Plasmodium parasite. It is transmitted to humans through bite of Anopheles mosquitoes.