WHO Emergency Response to Artemisinin Resistance (ERAR)
In April 2013, WHO launched the Emergency response to artemisinin resistance in the Greater Mekong subregion, Regional framework for action 2013-15. The framework urges malaria partners to work in a coordinated manner to provide malaria interventions to all at-risk risk groups; to achieve tighter coordination and management of field operations; to obtain better information for artemisinin resistance containment; and to strengthen regional oversight and support.
WHO has received support from AusAID and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to strengthen the coordination and technical support to containment activities in the Greater Mekong subregion. The project is being implemented by the WHO Global Malaria Programme, the WHO Regional office for South-East Asia, the WHO Regional office for the Western Pacific and WHO country offices.
A regional hub has been established in Phnom Penh, Cambodia to support and help coordinate activities. Efforts to contain and eventually eliminate parasite resistance are currently ongoing in Cambodia, the Lao People‘s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam.
The French 5% Initiative on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
France is one of the founding countries of the Global Fund. Having supported its creation in 2002, it has since been among its main political and financial pillars. To date, France has made contributions totalling €2.396 billion, thus positioning itself as the leading European contributor and the second biggest donor after the United States. France’s contributions have steadily increased. In 2010, at the most recent Global Fund Replenishment Conference, France gave an undertaking to provide up to €360 million a year over the period 2011-2013, part of this being through an indirect channel: the 5% Initiative on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) Secretariat
APLMA is an affiliation of Asian and Pacific heads of government formed to accelerate progress against malaria and to eliminate it in the region by 2030. The Prime Ministers of Australia and Viet Nam serve as the Co-chairs of the Alliance. They take a leading role in working with the secretariat to progress policy development and advocacy. The Alliance is served by a small secretariat, currently based at the Asian Development Bank.
