Beginning 15 March 2010, Malaria No More, a non-governmental organization committed to ending malaria deaths in Africa, and Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceutical company, are sponsoring the “World Briefing: Telling the Malaria Story” contest for graduate students.
Malaria is a highly preventable and treatable disease – yet each year, malaria infects nearly 300 million people and kills nearly one million, mostly children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa.1 But with broad awareness and the right tools, like nets and medication, malaria deaths and suffering can be greatly reduced.
The goal of this contest is to encourage our future leaders to think about malaria and inform their peers about its serious impact. Participants will also be inspired to learn how organizations like Novartis and Malaria No More are working to reduce malaria-related suffering and have made impressive strides in saving lives.
To spread the word, we’re asking graduate students in the United States, Argentina, Ecuador, Italy, Netherlands, Philippines and Venezuela to develop a 500 word-or-less blog post and 140 character-or-less Twitter entry (“Tweet”) focused on the current malaria burden and ways in which the next generation can make progress in the fight. We’ve attached full entry details, contest guidelines and background.
