European Civil Society working towards malaria control and the MDGs How should the European Union be

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European Civil Society working towards malaria
control and the MDGsHow should the European
Union be adressing GMAP through its development
programme ?

• Michèle BARZACH
• London
• April 2009

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The impact of malariaKey figures

• One of the most deadly disease worldwide
• 3.3 billion people at risk in 2006
• 109 malaria endemic countries (45 of which are in
  Africa)
• 247 million people infected in 2006
• About 880,000 deaths per year (2006).

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Malaria on the Global Agenda

• Roll Back Malaria set up in 1998
• Abuja Declaration in 2000
• Millennium Development Goals, New York, 2000
• Global Fund set up in 2002
• Increased of funding since 2004 1.5 billion in
  2007
• Today the RBM Global Malaria Action Plan with
  2010 and 2015 targets.

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Malaria and the MDGs

• Fighting malaria means fighting poverty in
  developing countries
• To fight malaria to achieve the MDGs
• Malaria has an impact on several Goals
• MDG 1 To eradicate extreme poverty,
• MDG 2To achieve Universal Primary Education,
• MDG 4 To reduce Child Mortality,
• MDG 5 To improve Maternal Health,
• MDG 6 To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other
  diseases,
• MDG 8 To develop a global partnership for
  development and provide access to affordable
  essential drugs.

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The Global Malaria Action Plan

• developed by the Roll Back Malaria (RBM)
  Partnership,
• outlines strategies, costs, goals and timelines
• build on the trajectory of recent successes in
  malaria control,
• To move towards full malaria control and
  elimination in countries across the globe by
  2015.
• A practical tool that must be combined with an
  increased political will in order to save lives.

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Challenges and Opportunities

• Challenges
• - Competing priorities economic and financial
  crisis, food crisis, climate change
• - Uncertainties about ODA increases.
• Opportunities
• - Commitments of some key donors (US, France,
  UK, Germany) are still very strong.
• - High accountability because of international
  commitments.
• - Quantifiable results that can be communicated
  to public.

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European political commitments

• Specific EU and MS commitments to achieve the
  MDGs by 2015 (Paris Declaration Accra Agenda for
  Action on Aid Effectiveness)
• On Aid Quantity 0,5 by 2010 and 0,7 by 2015
• On Aid Quality basic principles of Ownership,
  Alignment, Harmonisation, Coordination, and
  Mutual Accountability.

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Renewed Political Commitments Towards
International Development and Global Health

• G8 Hokkaido Summit, July 2008
• UN General High-Level Event on MDGs, New York, 25
  September 2008
• EU MDG Action Plan, June 2008

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EUs leading role in development aid

• The European Union nearly 70 of global
  Official Development Assistance (ODA).
• EC and MS work in complementarity
• Health identified as an important focal area

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European leadership and support towards new and
emerging health funding mechanisms

• Europe and the Global Fund
• -gt strong involvement in the Global Fund from the
  EC and some MS - from the time of its creation
• -gt 62 of the resources of the Global Fund
  originate from Europe and its member countries,
• Europe is a vital and essential partnership for
  the Global Fund.

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European ODA is a core funding source for the
Global Fund
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European leadership and support towards new and
emerging health funding mechanisms

• UNITAID launched in 2006 an international drug
  purchase facility ititiated and supported by some
  European countries
• Debt2Health launched in 2007 a debt relief
  mechanism
• Germany 1st donor to support Debt2Health.
• AMFm launched in April 2009 in Norway

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Europe providing support and leadership to
technical Partners and for International
Partnerships

• Roll Back Malaria (1998)
• Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (1997)
• International Health Partnerships (2007)

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The key role of Parliamentarians in Europe

• Key responsability to meet MDGs commitments
• Initiation of policy debate
• North / South Cooperation and exchanges
• Advocate for innovative financing mechanisms

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European Civil Society Organisations Advocating
towards malaria control

• The European Alliance against Malaria a
  dedicated advocacy network in Europe
• Connection and coordination of advocacy efforts
  in Europe
• A Europe wide network of malaria advocates

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European partners Advocating towards malaria
control

• (2) National Coalitions against Malaria
• In France, in the UK, in Germany
• Crossed sectors and disciplines.
• (3) North / South Partnerships
• - Working in Partnership with Coalitions in the
  South

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The need for a common and global response to the
disease

• Partnerships building (gvts, NGOs, IO, private
  sector, researchers, etc) in the North and in the
  South
• At all scales (at country, regional, european and
  international levels)
• In coherence with EC / MS strategies and
  strengths
• to prevent from fragmentation,
• to improve coherence
• and to promote a cross-sectoral approach.

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More and better resources needed

• GMAP estimated needs
• US 5.3 billion in 2009,
• US 6.2 billion in 2010.
• Member States to continue to increase their ODA
• New sources of financing that are additional to
  ODA must also be sought. These should be
  permanent and predictable in the long term. 

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Improving European governance and aid
harmonisation

• Additionality of innovative financing mechanims
• National decision-making process and European and
  International coordination
• Partnerships
• North-South
• Donor recipient countries
• Government CSO Private Sector
  Communities
• Respect towards local strategies
• Ethic Equity Transparency Evaluation