World Malaria Day 2016
To commemorate World Malaria Day 2016 SMG members together with Swiss Parliamentarians signed the Bern Malaria Declaration.
By signing this declaration on World Malaria Day 2016 we join forces to advocate for a new era of comprehensive action against malaria under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Our aim is to highlight the critical link between advances in malaria control and social, environmental and economic development.
You can find more information about the Bern Malaria Declaration here.
On the occasion of World Malaria Day
, a giant mosquito, staged by the young scenographers Demian Wohler and Dan Jakob, lands on the federal square. 800 children continue to die every day from malaria parasites transmitted by a mosquito bite.
Switzerland’s President of the national council Christa Markwalder
, the musician Dodo and Alexander Tschäppät, mayor of Bern, inaugurate the giant mosquito that landed on the Federal Square on the occasion of World Malaria Day.
President of the national council Christa Markwalder,
president of the state council Raphaël Comte and the parliamentarians Isabelle Chevalley (Green Liberal Party), Marina Carobbio (Social Democratic Party), Yvonne Feri (Social Democratic Party) and Rosmarie Quadranti (Civic Democratic Party) are signing the Bern Malaria Declaration.
Linus Igwemezie,
head of the Novartis Malaria Initiative signing the Bern Malaria Declaration.
Dodo knows what it is like to fall ill with malaria
and having to wait several days in a little shack for life saving drugs: „No child should have to die from this entirely preventable and treatable disease – that’s why today, I am taking a stand for the continuous strong engagement of Switzerland in the fight against malaria.“
Mosquitos on the Federal Square:
A "selfie" with a mosquito on World Malaria Day is a 'must'!
Malaria-Game:
Young and old can test their knowledge on malaria in the 4x4 meter big malaria-quiz-game.
Bern Malaria Declaration
The ten messages of the Bern Malaria Declaration are ready for the signing ceremony on the federal square.
Mayor of Bern Alexander Tschäppät
during his welcome speech on the federal square.
President of the national council Christa Markwalder
emphasizes the importance of Switzerland's engagement in the fight against malaria.
Alina Amuri,
a Swiss singer with roots in Congo, brings the ceremony on the federal square to a harmonic end.
Dr Pedro Alonso, Director of the WHO Global Malaria Programme
during his keynote speech at the symposium in the city hall Bern.
Afro-Dance Group Café Au Lait
brings excitement to the symposium in the city hall.
Dr Elizabeth Chizema
of the Zambia Ministry of Health wants to end malaria in Zambia by 2020 - a 'zambitious' goal.
Susanne Brunner
moderates the final panel discussion with Dr Elizabeth Chizema, Dr Hans Rudolf Herren, Prof Dr Marcel Tanner and Dr Linus Igwemezie.