Present elimination strategies are based on recommendations derived during the Global
Malaria Eradication Program of the 1960s. However, many countries considering elimination …

In the past 150 years, roughly half of the countries in the world eliminated malaria.
Nowadays, there are 99 endemic countries—67 are controlling malaria and 32 are pursuing …

The Lancet's four-part Series on malaria elimination summarises the remarkable progress
achieved over the past 100 years and discusses the substantial technical, operational, and …

In the past several years, as worldwide morbidity and mortality due to malaria have
continued to decrease, the global malaria community has grown increasingly supportive of …

Experience gained from the Global Malaria Eradication Program (1955–72) identified a set
of shared technical and operational factors that enabled some countries to successfully …

Malaria-eliminating countries achieved remarkable success in reducing their malaria
burdens between 2000 and 2010. As a result, the epidemiology of malaria in these settings …

Since the perceived failure of the Global Programme for Malaria Eradication in 1969, the
eradication of malaria has not been considered a feasible goal. However, in October 2007 …

On Oct 17, 2007, Bill and Melinda Gates called for complete eradication to be adopted as
the new goal for the age-old fight against malaria, with the Director General of WHO …

Decisions to eliminate malaria from all or part of a country involve a complex set of factors,
and this complexity is compounded by ambiguity surrounding some of the key terminology …

This manual is intended to inform national governments from endemic countries, partner and
donor agencies and field managers about the issues related to malaria elimination. It will …