Thread by @PMIgov

We’re on the Hill tonight to discuss how to #EndMalaria. Thank you @MaEllenSirleaf @PowerUSAID @DonaldKaberuka @ChrisCoons @SenatorWicker for coming together to reinvigorate the fight against one of the world's oldest and deadliest diseases.

@SenatorWicker: We are here to tonight to talk about a disease that has killed hundreds of millions… but 10.6 million lives have been saved because of the efforts in this room.

@SenatorWicker: I do not apologize one bit for saying that our fight against malaria is a national security issue.

@ChrisCoons: I have been to over 30 countries on the continent [of Africa] and I have seen how this disease has ravaged families and has dimmed the eyes of children.

@ChrisCoons: As long as there is one more village, one more mother, one more child dying of this entirely preventable disease I will not stop. #EndMalaria

Acting U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator Julie Wallace thanks @SenatorWicker, @ChrisCoons, @MalariaNoMore, @beatmalaria, @MaEllenSirleaf, the Malaria Roundtable and Hill staff before introducing @PowerUSAID at the event celebrating U.S. leadership in the fight to #EndMalaria.

“In 2015, the world had an opportunity to double down on malaria and eradicate it. Today, we’re faced with that same opportunity." - @PowerUSAID at tonight's #EndMalaria Hill event.

@PowerUSAID: @PMIgov & the @GlobalFund maximize the cost-effectiveness & impact of U.S. gov't investments. PMI’s on-the-ground technical assistance complements & leverages the Fund’s investments, making sure mosquito nets & medicines reach more people & save more lives.

@MaEllenSirleaf: The achievement of the last 20 years of saving 10.6 million lives and preventing 1.7 billion cases of malaria is one of the greatest global health achievements of this century. You can take a clap for that. We must continue to build on this success.

@MaEllenSirleaf: Community health workers can help stop the next pandemic. We must act actively, collectively, creatively and decisively to defeat #Covid19, to #EndMalaria, and to position ourselves to stop likely the next pandemic.

@DonaldKaberuka of @GlobalFund: When you think about the issue of global health security you need to think about equity; equitable access.