The Change the Story film launches the new campaign from Zero Malaria. Directed by Grammy award-winning director Meji Alabi, the film features the newest Zero Malaria ambassador, young climate and health champion Ellyanne Wanjiku Chlystun, and long-time Zero Malaria ambassador and child rights advocate David Beckham.The film tells the story of how changing weather is making malaria harder to predict and control and the impact this is having on children around the world.The film is available subtitled in Arabic, Portguese or Brazilian Portuguese. French available soon.Broadcast and other formats available on request.
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Climate change threatens to undo decades of progress in global health, and means climate sensitive diseases like malaria are becoming harder to predict and control.Changing weather, health emergencies and humanitarian crises are creating the perfect storm for diseases like malaria. The impacts of climate change are being felt now -- whether it's disruption to life-saving malaria programmes like mosquito net distribution or floodwater creating the perfect breeding ground for malaria-carrying mosquitoes.Increasing threats to the fight are making it harder to reach zero malaria in our lifetime.Children are most affected by malaria and are bearing the brunt of the impact that threats such as changing weather patterns are having on the disease. Yet children’s voices too often go unheard.Zero Malaria: Change the Story is a unique storytelling campaign highlighting the impact that climate change and other rising threats are having on malaria and efforts to end the disease.The campaign calls on leaders to recognise the impact that climate change and extreme weather events are having on malaria. It asks governments to urgently ensure that there is adequate funding to make sure health systems and malaria programmes are resilient in the face of changing climates and able to rapidly respond to extreme weather events.
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X (Twitter)• Changing weather, health emergencies and humanitarian crises are creating the perfect storm for diseases like malaria.. Children are most affected by this disease, yet their voices can be the most unheard. It's time to Change the Story. #ZeroMalaria• Climate and health champion @EllyanneCGithae joins David Beckham to share a critical message: It’s time leaders listened to the voices of children around the world – it’s time to Change the Story. #ZeroMalaria• Are you ready to hear a story? @EllyanneCGithae and David Beckham are here to tell you one – but the ending isn’t written yet. Children around the world need leaders to take decisive action to protect their futures. It’s time to Change the Story, will you? #ZeroMalaria• Our world is changing. We need urgent action to make sure health systems and malaria programmes are resilient and able to rapidly respond to rising threats. Join me – Hear the Story, Share the Story, Change the Story. #ZeroMalaria• Changing weather, health emergencies and humanitarian crises are making malaria harder to predict and control. I’m calling on leaders to listen to the voices of children affected by malaria and make decisions now that will Change the Story for millions around the world. #ZeroMalaria
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• Every minute, a child dies from malaria, and our changing world is making this disease harder to predict and control. Children are most affected by malaria, yet their voices can be the most unheard. Climate and health champion @EllyanneCGithae joins David Beckham to share this critical message: It’s time leaders listened to the voices of children around the world – it’s time to Change the Story. #ZeroMalaria• Are you ready to hear a story? @EllyanneCGithae and David Beckham are here to tell you one – but the ending isn’t written yet.
We’re facing the perfect storm for diseases like malaria to thrive. I’m calling on leaders to listen to the voices of children affected by malaria and the impacts of our changing world and to make decisions now that will Change the Story. #ZeroMalaria• Our world is changing, and we need urgent action to make sure health systems and malaria programmes are resilient and able to rapidly respond to rising threats. In this film, young climate and health champion Ellyanne takes David Beckham on a journey through the stories of children and shows us why we need to Change the Story. #ZeroMalaria
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🎬 The newest (and youngest!) Zero Malaria ambassador, Ellyanne Wanjiku Chylstun, takes us behind the scenes of the Change the Story film with David Beckham - and shares the real stories behind the campaign.From director Meji Alabi and Black Dog films to the Natural History Museum London and more, all came together to share this powerful story -- a story we must change.
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X / Twitter / Threads• Every minute, a child dies from malaria, and climate change is making it harder to predict and control. Children are most affected by malaria, yet their voices can be the most unheard. It's time to Change the Story. #ZeroMalaria• The impacts of climate change are being felt now. To save millions of children around the world, we need urgent action to make sure health systems and malaria programmes are resilient and able to rapidly respond to rising threats. Join me – Hear the Story, Share the Story, Change the Story. #ZeroMalaria• Climate change and rising threats are creating the perfect storm for malaria. I’m calling on leaders to listen to the voices of children affected by malaria and the impacts of climate change and to make decisions now that will Change the Story. #ZeroMalaria
Facebook / Instagram / LinkedIn• Every minute, a child dies from malaria, and climate change is making this disease harder to predict and control. Children are most affected by malaria, yet their voices can be the most unheard. It doesn’t have to be this way. It’s time leaders listened to the voices of children around the world – it’s time to Change the Story. #ZeroMalaria• Climate change and rising threats are creating the perfect storm for diseases like malaria to thrive. I’m calling on leaders to listen to the voices of children affected by malaria and the impacts of climate change and to make decisions now that will Change the Story. #ZeroMalaria• Our world is changing, but the ending of our story is still unwritten. To save millions of children around the world, we need urgent action to make sure health systems and malaria programmes are resilient and able to rapidly respond to rising threats. Join me – Hear the Story, Share the Story, Change the Story. #ZeroMalaria
Case studies: how extreme weather in Pakistan and Mozambique lead to malaria surges
CLIMATE CHANGE IS HELPING CREATE THE PERFECT STORM FOR MALARIA
How is climate change creating the perfect storm for malaria? Watch this animation to find out and share at the link below.
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UNITED TO BEAT MALARIA: #UNITETOFIGHT
Climate change’s impact on malaria is undeniable. It’s time to take proactive measures to make malaria programs more climate resilient and ensure vulnerable & displaced populations are protected. It’s time to #UniteTheFight. Check out the campaign from United to Beat Malaria and share. Together, let's explore the impacts of climate change on malaria through the voices of climate and health experts and activists.
THE FACE OF CHANGE
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