MIN/Sp/AU/CAMH3/6 Malaria Page 5 1.2 Special Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria1 In May 2006, Heads of State and Government of the African Union held a special summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, to review the status of implementation of Declarations and Frameworks for Action on the 2000 Abuja Summit on Roll Back Malaria, and the 2001 Abuja Summit on HIV/AIDS, TB and ORID. During the summit, the Heads of Sate and Government adopted the “Abuja Call for Accelerated Action towards Universal Access to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria services” 2 . The call collectively resolved dedication to a comprehensive remedial effort anchored on an implementation mechanism that addresses the following program areas: i: ii: iii: iv: v: vi: vii: viii: ix: x: xi: 1.3 Leadership at National, Regional and Continental Levels Resource mobilization Protection of Human Rights Poverty Reduction, Health and Development Strengthening Health Systems Prevention, Treatment , Care and Support Access to Affordable Medicines and Technologies Research and Development Implementation at national level Partnerships Monitoring , Evaluation and Reporting Africa’s move from Malaria Control to Elimination The Africa Malaria Elimination Campaign also takes into account the variation in the burden and epidemiology of malaria in the different regions of the continent. It defines the focus of malaria control and elimination through incremental programming for elimination by region within the member states. Countries with high burden of malaria will aim at disease control thus reducing malaria as a public health problem through the Scaling Up for Impact (SUFI), with a long-term goal of eliminating malaria, while the immediate direction in countries with low burden of malaria will be elimination of malaria. Countries that succeeded malaria elimination as well as those countries currently are free of malaria will aim to maintain the malaria-free status. The Africa Malaria Elimination Campaign The main goal of the Africa Malaria Strategy is to reduce the burden of malaria with the ultimate aim of elimination through ensuring universal free or highly subsidized access to prevention and treatment interventions, and to contribute to the socioeconomic development of the people of Africa in support of making progress towards Special Summit of African Union on HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (ATM). Abuja, Nigeria. 2-4 May, 2006. Sp/Assembly/ATM/2(I). Rev 3 2 Abuja Call for Accelerated Action towards Universal Access to HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria services in Africa. Sp/Assembly/ATM/2(I). Rev 3 1 Status Report on Malaria in Africa 2008