UAE: ‘Malaria No More’, ‘Reaching the Last Mile’ announce expansion of climate and health initiative with new $5mln grant

UAE: ‘Malaria No More’, ‘Reaching the Last Mile’ announce expansion of climate and health initiative with new $5mln grant

ABU DHABI - H.H. Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council, witnessed the Malaria No More (MNM) announcement of the expansion of its climate and health initiative, Forecasting Healthy Futures (FHF), through a new three-year, US$5 million award from the Reaching the Last Mile initiative (RLM).

FHF is a consortium of leading health and technology organisations working to prevent the effects of climate change from hindering progress toward disease elimination. Launched in 2020 through seed funding provided by Reaching the Last Mile Initiative, FHF is at the forefront of these climate-informed malaria elimination efforts.

By developing sophisticated prediction and planning tools, as well as designing supportive policies to help governments implement them, health interventions are timed and targeted more effectively.

The expanded partnership was signed by Nassar Al Mubarak, representing Reaching the Last Mile; Martin Edlund, CEO of Malaria No More, and Professor Dr. Eric Xing, President of Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI).

H.H. Sheikh Theyab commented, “We are proud to be offering our renewed commitment to Forecasting Healthy Futures, and hope that this marks another milestone in the UAE’s long-standing fight against preventable diseases, which started decades ago with our Founding Father, the late