Press conference on new global initiative to control malaria

An international partnership today launches The Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria (AMFm).

This new initiative will play an important role in global efforts to control malaria.

The press conference in Oslo is at 2.00 PM (12 GMT) in the Foreign Ministry and can also be followed live on web. 

Speaking order: 
Mr Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway 

Prof. Philippe Douste-Blazy, UN Under-Secretary General and Special Adviser on Innovative Financing for Development, Chair of UNITAID

Prof. Awa Coll-Seck,  Executive Director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership

Prof. Michel Kazatchkine
Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
 
Dr Jorge Bermudez,
Executive Secretary of UNITAID
 
Mr. Peter Colenso
Deputy Director and Head of Human Development
UK Department for International Development (DFID)
 
Ms Yvonne Stassen
Chargée d'Affaires a.i.
Royal Netherlands Embassy Oslo
 

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The participant code is 279091. Please enter the Participant passcode followed by the # sign.

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Contact:

Mr Anders Rikter,
Senior Communications Officer,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
+47 920 84 996 - anders.rikter@mfa.no

Mr Andrew Hurst,
Senior Communications Officer
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
+41 58 791 16 72 - andrew.hurst@theglobalfund.org

Ms Daniela Bagozzi
Communication Adviser
UNITAID
+41 22 791 45 44 - bagozzid@who.int