The Gates Foundation Malaria Strategy

The Gates Foundation Malaria Strategy Eradicating malaria has been a priority focus for the Gates Foundation.

John Coombs

The Gates Foundation Malaria Strategy

Eradicating malaria has been a priority focus for the Gates Foundation. The foundation has devoted expertise and resources to the fight to eradicate malaria for the past two decades, and has continuously changed its approach to achieve the greatest impact.

Reducing the Burden One aim of the Gates Foundation is to reduce the burden that malaria places on communities. The foundation aims to achieve this by increasing the use of existing tools, such as preventative medications and disease tracking.

Accelerating Eradication By investing in new disease surveillance systems, the Gates Foundation aims to eliminate malaria in the areas where drug-resistant strains of malaria have emerged.

Eliminate Falciparum Malaria Falciparum malaria is the strain that causes the most deaths and severe cases of malaria. This has involved developing new treatments and analysing genetic data from both the disease itself and mosquitoes to respond as quickly as possible to new threats.

Contributions To make these goals possible, the Gates Foundation invests in the fight against malaria annually. However, its contributions account for less than 5% of the total invested each year.

To maximise its impact, the Gates Foundation focuses on areas where its efforts can be catalytic, and takes on risks that other investors might not be able to take.

For more information about the Gates Foundation and the fight against malaria, visit the blog of John Coombs, Vectorcide founder.