What people are saying about us

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister

"This time last year I promised that by the end of 2010 the UK would deliver 20 million bed nets to people in developing countries around the world. I am pleased to say today that we're well on track to deliver that promise and have already delivered almost ten million of them."

"But we can't stop there. We need to do more if we are to prevent this deadly disease ruining more lives. That's why the ‘Malaria No More' campaign being launched today is so important. We have the opportunity to make malaria a thing of the past. Together we can make that happen." (2009)

David Cameron, Leader of the Conservative Party

"Malaria is a cruel disease that kills 2,400 people every day. The launch of Malaria No More UK gives us all an opportunity to redouble our efforts to tackle this problem. The next Conservative Government will work hard to win the war against malaria by spending a globally unprecedented £500million every year, until our international goals have been met. Just think how much good this money would do. It will help get vital medicines and anti-mosquito bed nets to anyone who needs them, and support the quest for a vaccine to stop the disease in its tracks." (2009)

Boris Johnson, Mayor of London

"I am delighted London is hosting the launch of the new charity, Malaria No More UK. Across the world a million people die from malaria and half a billion are infected every year; here in London cases of severe malaria have increased by 20% in the past 10 years. Yet this disease can be prevented and treated. We need to make sure Londoners protect themselves when they travel, and we need to help stop the spread of malaria internationally. Nobody need die of malaria." (2009)

Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development

"Malaria blights the lives of millions in Africa. But a simple bed net can help prevent it. I'm delighted that Malaria No More UK will join the fight against this deadly disease. Last year the UK Government committed to delivering 20m bed nets worldwide by 2010 and we are almost half way there. I look forward to working with Malaria No More to rid the world from this dreadful disease." (2009)

Andrew Mitchell, Shadow International Development Secretary

"Throughout Africa I've seen the horrendous human toll of malaria: I've met mothers who have lost children to the disease, and adults who are laid low for weeks every year by bouts of the disease. It's a human catastrophe and an economic millstone around Africa's neck.

"I'm delighted to support the Malaria No More Campaign's UK launch. They will play a key role in keeping up public pressure on politicians to deliver on our promises to tackle malaria.

"The Conservative Party's commitment is clear: we will spend at least £500 million every year tackling malaria through targeted interventions and work to boost health systems.

"Fighting malaria is one of the most cost effective development interventions. We should aim high: our end goal must be to eradicate this disease from the face of the earth, just as it has been eradicated from Europe and the US. This is an ambitious but perfectly achievable goal. Let's go for it!" (2009)

Andrew Selous, Conservative MP for South West Bedfordshire, and Jo Yirrell's MP

"I wish Malaria No More UK every success in preventing needless deaths from malaria.  One of my constituents could still be alive today if Malaria No More UK had been established before now."

Stephen O'Brien, Chairman, All Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases: "As Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases, I am delighted that Malaria No More UK is being launched - it will boost to everyone's understanding of malaria. This will in turn bolster the determination of people across the UK to keep on supporting this battle against the world's most avoidable, mass killer disease." (2009)

David Beckham, football legend and founding member of the Malaria No More UK Leadership Council

"It's truly incredible to think we can stop this killer disease forever and it's such a simple thing to do. For less than the cost of a football you can protect a family from dying. I urge the UK public to get behind the Malaria No More UK campaign to save a life and make malaria no more." (2009)

Andy Murray, UK tennis champion and founding member of the Malaria No More UK Leadership Council

"This is the first global charity I've been involved with in this capacity and it was an easy decision.  Malaria is completely preventable and stoppable but yet it still kills more children in Africa than any other single disease.  We can radically change this, it is a huge opportunity and I'm urging the UK public to help save a life and get behind Malaria No More UK, a truly world-changing and life-saving initiative." (2009)

Denise Lewis, Olympic Gold Medallist and founding member of the Malaria No More UK Leadership Council

"As a mother of three, finding out that pregnant women are four times more likely to contract malaria than other adults, well that really hits home. Here in the UK, malaria is not something an expecting mother needs to worry about. It shouldn't be in Africa either, especially since malaria is a preventable disease. It's so easy for us to make a massive difference. Buying a £5 bed net will protect a mother and her child for up to five years.  The time has come for us to work together to make malaria no more". (2009)

Richard Curtis, filmmaker and co-founder of Comic Relief

"Obviously the defeat of malaria is terrifically important – it takes so many lives, takes up so much time of health systems, steals so many millions of good, productive days all over Africa. But it is also hugely important in the context of the whole battle against extreme poverty. People and governments really still feel they need proof that aid works, that systems in Africa can work, that genuine huge decisive progress can be made. If malaria is reduced to nearly nothing in the next few years, not only will millions of lives be saved, but millions of hearts and minds will be changed – millions of people will know that things really can change and I believe at last, armed with the confidence of the victory against malaria spearheaded by organisations such as Malaria No More UK, we can accelerate progress towards the wiping out of extreme poverty itself." (2009)

Ray Chambers, Wall Street pioneer, co-founder of Malaria No More, and UN Special Envoy for Malaria

"With all of my philanthropic experience, the malaria opportunity is the easiest to understand and perhaps the most compelling of all asks: £5 buys a bed net and saves a child's life. I have never seen anyone or heard anyone refuse to help or respond to that simple ask. We've finally reached a tipping point in realising our ability to eliminate malaria deaths and the launch of Malaria No More in the UK will be a driving force in achieving that goal." (2009)

Peter Chernin, President and COO of News Corporation, co-founder of Malaria No More

"We now have the power to save lives and the tools to achieve the first great humanitarian success story of the 21st century – this is an unprecedented opportunity to affect sustainable change in the world around us. The presence of Malaria No More in the UK marks a key moment as the global drive to prevent people from dying from malaria takes on added momentum." (2009)

Andy Wright, Director, LF Elimination Programme, GlaxoSmithKline

"GSK is delighted to be a partner of Malaria No More and share the vision to halt the deaths caused by this terrible disease.  GSK is a pioneer in research against malaria and we continue to make significant advances.  We will shortly begin the first phase III trials of a malaria vaccine for young children and infants in malaria-endemic areas, which if successful, could potentially save hundreds of thousands of lives every year.  But to beat malaria will require the efforts of people and organisations across the world, and this is where Malaria No More can play such an important role, in bringing together the best minds in a collaborative way, to create a drive and focus which should make a genuine difference." (2009)