Project Finalists
Malaria: Malaria No More and the Canadian Red Cross
The Malaria No More (MNM) and the Canadian Red Cross (CRC) project proposes to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015 – a goal endorsed by the global community.
Malaria kills 3,000 children in Africa every day. But thanks to a new generation of tools, on-the-ground successes and increased political and public support, the world is better prepared to defeat malaria now than at any other time in history. Investments in malaria are reaping huge rewards, and have helped reduce malaria deaths and illnesses by more than 50 percent in several African countries including Rwanda, Eritrea, Zambia, Botswana and the Islands of Zanzibar between 2000 and 2008.
The project would raise $60 million over six years for mosquito net distribution, training and technical assistance and awareness.
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Maternal and neonatal tetanus: UNICEF
Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) kills one baby every four minutes. MNT can abruptly turn the joy of new life into wrenching tragedy. Its effects are excruciating — tiny newborns suffer repeated, painful convulsions and become hypersensitive to light, sound and touch. Even a mother’s soothing voice and comforting caress are unbearable for the infant. Few babies survive. Tetanus may claim the mother’s life as well.
In impoverished countries, where women have little access to health care, many are forced to give birth in an unsanitary environment. Tetanus spores are found everywhere — in the air, soil and contaminated objects. Bacteria can enter the mother’s body through open wounds and pass through a newly cut umbilical cord. Once the baby is infected, a lethal toxin attacks his or her nervous system.
Tetanus is highly preventable. Three doses of a vaccine can protect mothers and babies.
The project would raise $110 million to eliminate a deadly disease and save 129 million mothers and their future babies.
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Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs):
Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases
The Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases proposal’s goal is to ensure that the more than 1 billion children born between 2003 and 2020 journey into adulthood as the first generation to grow and thrive without the burden of NTDs.
Neglected Tropical Diseases are a group of 13 parasitic and bacterial infections that are the most common infections of the 1.4 billion people - including 600 million school-aged children - who live on less than $1.25 per day. They include intestinal worms, elephantiasis, and trachoma, the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness. Together, NTDs blind, disfigure, stigmatize, and kill, keeping those infected trapped in a cycle of poverty and disease.
There are highly cost-effective, proven interventions for the seven most common NTDs that account for 90 percent of the global NTD disease burden. For approximately 50 cents per person per year, the diseases can be prevented and treated.
Global Network proposes that a 10-year, $150 million investment will leverage $1 billion globally.
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