Malaria No More at the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos

Last week, Malaria No More attended the World Economic Forum alongside business, political and thought leaders in Davos, Switzerland. As the world's private and public sector leaders focused on the economic crisis and financial markets in turmoil, Malaria No More joined others to underscore the importance of increased commitment to malaria and the tremendous return on investment offered by fighting this disease, in both human and economic terms.

Malaria No More and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria also announced the Malaria Capital Campaign, an initiative to raise $100 million from the business community, philanthropists and sovereign states to help provide everyone at risk in Africa with anti-malaria tools by the end of 2010—the first critical step to ending the nearly one million annual deaths from this preventable, deadly disease. The Campaign co-chairs are Peter Chernin (President and COO of News Corporation and Chairman of Malaria No More), Peter Sands (Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank plc and Vice Chair of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria) and Rex Tillerson (Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil).

See below for some of the highlights from our week at Davos:

Read Malaria No More's Press Release from the 2009 World Economic Forum announcing the Malaria Capital Campaign.

Watch Malaria No More Chairman Peter Chernin discuss the private sector's role in ending Malaria.
(Peter Chernin starts at go to 32:15)

Check out MNM Chief Development Officer Kate Carr's "Dispatch from Davos" on the Malaria No More blog, Buzzwords.