600,000
Lives lost each year to malaria
Global response
Countries are leading the charge. Together, we're pushing to end malaria.
Progress has stalled. The response must evolve.
Why the Big Push
- 1
Losing ground
Malaria remains preventable and treatable — yet progress is no longer keeping pace with the scale and complexity of the challenge.
- 2
A fractured response
Efforts are too often disconnected. Greater alignment is essential to move faster and deliver where it matters most.
- 3
Focusing collective effort
The Big Push aligns action, strengthens accountability, and accelerates delivery where it can have the greatest impact.
Over 75%
of global deaths are in children under 5
$12B +
in cost to global economy
Just as mosquitoes do not recognize borders, neither should our efforts to combat malaria.
CEO of RBM Partnership to End Malaria
Big Push Pillars
The Big Push is structured around six interconnected pillars. Together, they focus collective action across the partnership while reinforcing country leadership. These pillars are mutually reinforcing—progress depends on advancing them together, not in isolation.
Pillars
How the Big Push works
Country-led and partner-driven, the Big Push aligns partners behind malaria-affected countries’ priorities. It works through existing RBM coordination platforms to reduce fragmentation, focus support and accelerate collective impact.
Country-led
Led by national priorities, the Big Push identifies the priority actions that need to be taken in the next five years and shape partner support via country leadership.
Partner-driven
The full malaria ecosystem contributes where it adds the most value. Big Push KPIs address 80-90% of the priorities from the Yaoundé Declaration and the Lusaka Agenda.
Built on existing structures
Each Big Push pillar is led by an existing RBM Partner Committee or Working Group, who help coordinate partner contributions and keep action aligned with country-led plans.
How we measure Big Push progress
The Big Push is grounded in a clear results framework, aligned with global targets and country priorities. Progress is tracked through a focused set of indicators designed to measure whether collective action is improving delivery, strengthening systems, and accelerating impact.
Each pillar contributes to measurable outcomes—whether strengthening coordination, improving data-driven decision-making, expanding access to interventions, or unlocking financing.
Voices of Malaria
Malaria is beatable. We have the tools. We know what works. What we need now is a big push to make definitive progress against this disease.
ALMA Executive Secretary at World Health Assembly
We can make malaria elimination a reality. We can deliver a healthy tomorrow for women, babies, children, and adolescents — the time to start is now.
Republic of Botswana and ALMA chair
With stronger leadership, investment, and partnerships, we can defeat malaria and secure a healthier future for all Nigerians.
Coordinating Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Nigeria
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