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for malaria control. According to their website, last updated in 2011, their mission was to "make malaria control more transparent, responsive and effective by holding public institutions accountable for funding and implementing effective, integrated and country-driven malaria control policies."
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as a means of fighting malaria. It asserted that global health organizations must be free to employ all available tools to fight malaria and that the limited use of DDT for spraying homes and hospitals is a powerful and necessary tool in this fight.
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On its website AFM stated that it "receives its funding from a number of different sources, however because of the nature of our work we have a policy of not accepting funds from any government, the insectcides industry or the
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AFM has not published an Annual Report, or any research, since 2011. The AFM website republishes articles by AFM on a variety of topics, as well as articles on malaria from other sources.
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as the best ways to ensure improved welfare and longer life expectancy in poor countries", according to their financial statement. Founded in 2000 during the Stockholm Negotiations on
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According to IRS filings, the organization spent money entirely on executive compensation, with no program expenses of any kind. It has been described as a
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and the political economy of malaria control". The organization generally "promotes market based solutions and
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allAfrica.com: Uganda: A Decent Standard of Living Will Help Eradicate Malaria (Page 1 of 1)
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Gerry Ohrstrom - of the Ohrstrom Foundation, Inc. Also affiliated with the
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established to discredit environmentalists. In documents obtained during
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Donald Roberts - an emeritus professor of tropical public health at the
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AFM ran a "Save Children From Malaria" campaign designed to prevent the
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Lance Laifer - co-founder of Hegde Fund vs. Malaria & Pneumonia
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which stated that it "seeks to educate people about the scourge of
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from banning the use of DDT. The coalition consisted of :
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European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
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Formed in 2000, AFM's staff members hadlinks with a range of
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Bate R, Tren R, Mooney L, et al. (2009). Pai NP (ed.).
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Medical and health organizations based in Washington, D.C.
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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Center for Dissemination of Economic Knowledge (CEDICE)
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Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
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Index

Washington D.C.
U.S.
South Africa
NGO
Washington D.C.
South Africa
Malaria
economic freedom
Persistent Organic Pollutants
exemption
DDT
front group
state litigation against tobacco companies
right-wing
free market
think tanks
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Institute of Economic Affairs
Tech Central Station
DDT
Stockholm Convention
Competitive Enterprise Institute
European Science and Environment Forum
Liberty Institute
pharmaceutical industry
Anglo American
BHP
The Earhart Foundation
Hedge Funds vs. Malaria & Pneumonia
Legatum Institute

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