Malaria No More Timeline

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August 2009

FC Barcelona arrived in the U.S. for their summer tour and continued their support against malaria, including joining the United Against Malaria campaign.
Malaria No More partners with Novartis for the World Briefing: Telling the Malaria Story contest, offering a trip to Kenya for students to report-back from the 2009 MNM Conference.

July 2009

Malaria No More attended Diddy's White Party in Los Angeles to shine a spotlight on the fight against malaria.
Mark Green from the Malaria Policy Center traveled to Tanzania to meet with partners and engage global leadership against malaria.
Senators Russ Feingold and Roger Wicker launched a bipartisan Senate Working Group for malaria.

June 2009

Malaria No More launches Surround Sound: Senegal with international superstar Youssou Ndour to raise awareness about malaria in his home country.
We provided 50 bikes to the Bikes for Rukara project, helping community health workers in Rwanda reach more people with critical interventions.
Malaria No More teamed up with the Wilton Nutmeg Invitational youth soccer tournament to raise awareness for the United Against Malaria campaign.

May 2009

We celebrate success in Mali thanks to a December 2007 distribution, in which Malaria No More participated.
MNM CEO Scott Case talks to AdAge about the Twitter phenomenon.
Malaria No More began a partnership with Tickets-For-Charity, a non-profit that helps concert goers do good.

April 2009

Malaria No More commemorated World Malaria Day on April 25th
Ashton Kutcher helped raise awareness and funds for Malaria No More through Twitter—raising a total of $750,000 in donations to fight malaria
Malaria No More attended the World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists to discuss the common goal of sustaining the battle against malaria.

March 2009

Malaria No More launched four net distribution training workshops in partnership with the Alliance for Malaria Prevention for 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa
Malaria No More and FC Barcelona distributed 1,000 mosquito nets at the launch of the Bamako XICS Center in Mali
Malaria No More launched "Miles To End Malaria" with Patrón Highcroft Racing to raise funds and awareness to fight malaria in Africa

February 2009

Malaria No More distributed 32,000 mosquito nets in Botswana in partnership with the Clinton Foundation
Former U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania, Mark Green, joins Malaria No More as Managing Director of our Malaria Policy Center in Washington, DC

January 2009

Malaria No More launches the Malaria Capital Campaign with the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at the World Economic Forum

December 2008

The Tony Blair Faith Foundation and Interfaith Youth Core launched the Faiths Act Fellows program in partnership with Malaria No More.

November 2008

Season 7 prequel of 24 features a Public Service Announcement about malaria and Malaria No More with Kiefer Sutherland

October 2008

Malaria No More team runs in the New York City Marathon to raise awareness and funds to fight malaria
National Geographic Kids and Explorer magazines launch the "Be A Star, Save A Live" campaign with Idol Jordin Sparks.

September 2008

Launched new Malaria No More website and Malaria No More blog Buzzwords
Malaria No More and partners hosted the 2008 MDG Malaria Summit and helped launch the Global Malaria Action Plan
Malaria No More announced a partnership with Sesame Workshop to bring Sesame Street-themed malaria education materials and programs to children in Tanzania and Zambia to promote net usage.

August 2008

Fútbol Club Barcelona and Malaria No More launch "More Than a Club: Kick it to Malaria" campaign to engage hundreds of thousands of youth soccer players

July 2008

G8 pledges 100 million mosquito nets for Africa by 2010; Malaria No More works with U.S. and U.K. governments to secure commitment

May 2008

Tony Blair Faith Foundation and Malaria No More engage global faith groups with new malaria initiative; pledge to raise $10 million for mosquito nets
Founding of Malaria No More U.K.

April 2008

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sets goal of universal access to mosquito nets and malaria medications in Africa by December 31, 2010
"Idol Gives Back" 2008 features Malaria No More and raises tens of millions of dollars; ExxonMobil sponsors $10 million for Malaria No More; U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces 20 million mosquito nets for Africa
Congressional Malaria Caucus, chaired by Congressmen Donald Payne (D-NJ) and John Boozman (R-AR), is launched
Malaria No More and Roll Back Malaria Partnership introduce MalariaProgress.org (Now managed by the Special Envoy for Malaria)
Founding of Malaria No More Canada

March 2008-May 2008

Malaria No More participates in the Roll Back Malaria Zambezi Expedition

March 2008

Kuwait-America Foundation raises $1.6 million to support Malaria No More

February 2008

Malaria No More Co-Founder Ray Chambers is appointed the first United Nations Special Envoy for Malaria by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
American Idol winner Jordin Sparks and Malaria No More join the President and First Lady in Ghana to highlight progress

January 2008

Malaria No More and McKinsey & Company launch the Business Case for Rapid Scale-up report at the World Economic Forum in Davos
The Malaria No More Policy Center launches in Washington, DC

December 2007

2.2 million nets distributed in Mali
The Sun (U.K.) partners with Malaria No More for the "Nets For Josie" campaign, which raises $100,000 for nets in Nigeria

November 2007-July 2008

333,800 nets distributed to mothers and children in Angola

October 2007

1.4 million nets distributed to mothers and children in Madagascar

September 2007

Malaria No More sparks nationwide high-school fundraising effort with Stayin' Alive dance program

June – September 2007

American Idol finalist Melinda Doolittle joins First Lady Laura Bush and Malaria No More in Zambia to kick off distribution of 500,000 nets

May 2007

President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush join Malaria No More as honorary co-chairs

April – June 2007

2.4 million nets distributed to Ugandan women and children under five

April 2007

"Idol Gives Back" educates 30 million Americans about malaria and raises $17 million for mosquito nets, including $9 million for Malaria No More
"Nets Are Nice" book with First Lady Laura Bush reaches six million schoolchildren through a partnership between Malaria No More, Scholastic, and Abbott Labs
President Bush proclaims April 25th "Malaria Awareness Day" in the U.S. in a White House Rose Garden ceremony
Malaria No More announces multi-year partnership with ExxonMobil
David Beckham public service announcement about malaria airs on American Idol and in Wal-Mart stores nationwide

December 2006

The White House and Malaria No More co-host the White House Summit on Malaria
Founding of Malaria No More
Founding of Malaria No More Netherlands