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RBM Board endorses proposal to make malaria medicines cheaper and available to all.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 30-NOV-07 		Format: Online
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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 November 2007-The World Bank Group: RBM Board endorses proposal to make malaria medicines cheaper and available to all(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Addis Ababa -- The Board of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM) today gave the go ahead for the further development of an Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria (AMFm) - a ground breaking initiative to improve access to safe, effective and affordable malaria medicines.

They endorsed the technical design for an innovative mechanism that will bring down the cost of effective malaria treatments to between US$ 0.20-0.50 cents and make lifesaving medicines accessible to about four times more malaria sufferers than is currently the case .

The Board was meeting in Addis Ababa for the 13th board meeting of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership to discuss plans to escalate malaria prevention, treatment and...

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