Rotarians Eliminating Malaria in Tanzania aims to raise funds for equipment, education, and research into malaria.
The best intervention is to
provide Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN's) for poor people. The hardest hit are the children under 5 and pregnant women. Everyone benefits from malaria control, the poor benefit the most.
ITN's lower malaria by 80%.
It is REMIT's goal to get an ITN to every pregnant woman and child under five in Tanzania.
The cost to save a life = £2.50
With your continued support:
> Over 200,000 nets purchased
> Education & talks provided
> Residual House Spraying
> Clearance of Breeding Sites
> Rotary Donations: £210,548
> Matching Grants: £141,222
> 3H Grant: £174,847
> Wide Speaker Network
Statistics correct at March 2008
Website last updated 16th May 2008
Wonderful Exciting News
On behalf of the children of Tanzania, a very big Thankyou from the bottom of our hearts to all those who have helped raise funds for REMIT.
We have just been notified that the Trustees of The Rotary Foundation have awarded us a 3H Grant worth, in total, $349,694.25.
This is in addition to the two Matching Grants already received that were worth $280,000.
All this is thanks to the Rotarians of Great Britain and Ireland who have donated, raised, or helped to raise money to help us fight malaria in Tanzania. It is hard to know how to express our gratitude to all concerned.
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Professor Chris Curtis
It is with great sadness that I have to inform REMIT and REMaRAG supporters of the death on the 13th May 2008, after a very short illness of one of our Patrons Professor Chris Curtis.
Further details will be forthcoming in due course.
Our prayers and thoughts are with his family at this time.
REMIT announces new Patrons
REMIT is pleased to announce two eminent world authorities in the battle against Malaria have accepted the invitation to be Patrons of REMIT. Professor Guy Barnish - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Professor Chris Curtis London School of Health & Tropical Medicine. We are indeed indebted to them for their support and will include more details of their involvement in Malaria elimination on this website in the near future.
An Arctic Adventure
Rotarians around RIBI and beyond have raised funds for REMIT. One current project is a tour around the Baltics, and you can read more about this here
If you have held, or are planning to hold an event for REMIT please let us know and we can add it to the site.
Malaria Incidence Reduced by 64%
Since 2003/04 the incidence of Malaria has been reduced by some 64 % in the Arusha area of Tanzania.
REMIT is now 'spreading our net' to the Moshi area again with Faye Cran as our organiser and another Rotarian Doctor from the Moshi Club helping.
Together with Rotarians & Rotaractors we are certainly making a difference in the fight against malaria.
How to make a donation...
REMIT at the RIBI Conference
The REMIT stand was present at the RIBI Conference in Blackpool. We will also be present at the RI Convention in Los Angeles during June, so if you are there we'd welcome a visit!
REMIT at District Conferences
During 2006 a REMIT stand was present at the District 1170 Conference held over the weekend of 6th-8th October.
The stand was also at District 1040's conference from 13th-15th October.
Thank you to all those who visited us at either event.
Obituary: Rotarian Derick Cran:
It is with great sadness that I inform you of the death of Rotarian Derick Cran the husband of Faye, promoter of REMIT in Tanzania and numerous Rotaract Overseas Projects.
Obituary here >
Latest Website Updates:
- A REMIT Engagements/Diary page is here
- Link to the REMaRAG Rotary Action Group
Need Information or a Speaker?
REMIT has a number of volunteers across RIBI who are able to give talks and presentations.
For more information, click here...
Contact us here...
Malaria in the News
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Canadian Goverment Pledges Aid
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently announced a bold new aid program and promised that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) would double its assistance to Africa by 2008-09. -
US Presidential Malaria Initiative
Two years after it was launched this US programme is winning praise for its focus on implementation, ITN distribution, indoor spraying and building local capacity.
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The DDT Debate Continues
Since 2006 the World Health Organisation has been suggesting that DDT should play a part in Malaria prevention, but the momentum to do so has stalled for lack of increased political and financial support. -
Mosquito Nets Cut Birth Problems
UK scientific research has shown that African women sleeping under Malaria nets reduce their risk of miscarriage or still birth by up to a third.
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Conservatives Malaria Pledge
The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, pledged a future conservative government would spend £500m per year on tackling malaria. -
Uganda uses DDT against Malaria
After extensive review, Uganda's National Environmental Management Authority has given the government a green light to purchase DDT for indoor residual spraying to fight malaria. -
Targetting Mosquitos With Sugar
A Hebrew University team has successfully devasted a local mosquito population after spraying acacia trees with a sugar solution containing insecticide. -
Hopes for New Malaria Treatment
British & Kenyan scientists have helped to develop a new treatment using infusions of the blood protein. This could potentially reduce the mortality rate in infected children by 80%. -
Scissor Sisters Free Concert
A free concert held on 16th September raised fund for the Global Fund, to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria -
Rollback Malaria Concert
The Rollback Malaria concert was shown on BBC2 on Thursday 13th July.
Alternative Treatments Risk Lives
Visitors to affected areas may be at risk of poor advice from alternative practioners.-
Malaria Awareness Week
15th - 21st May was Malaria Awareness Week, aiming to combat the complacency amongst holiday makers and travellers of this potentially fatal disease.