Yemi Alade and Meji Alabi join a great cast of international change-makers in launching the second chapter of the multi-award-winning Draw the Line Against Malaria campaign, which aims to raise the stakes in the fight against malaria. The campaign's next chapter aims to increase pressure on world leaders to commit to ending malaria at the…
The campaign’s next chapter aims to increase pressure on world leaders to commit to ending malaria at the Kigali Summit and investing funds totalling US$18 billion at the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment in New York this Autumn, as the world deals with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with global health security and pandemic preparedness at the top of world leaders’ agendas.
The second phase of Draw the Line, which is supported by the RBM Partnership to End Malaria, features inspiring cast of young people, activists, scientists, and celebrities, ranging from Malaria No More UK Leadership Council founding member David Beckham and FC Barcelona striker Pierre Emerick Aubameyang to marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge and Afropop singer Yemi Alade.
Giving her voice to support the campaign, the Zero Malaria Ambassador, Yemi Alade said, “Growing up in Nigeria I have known malaria forever and experienced the disease countless times, so I understand how this disease robs so many children of their ability to go to schools and why malaria is a major cause of school absenteeism.