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The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) has received a $175,000 USD gift from the Sumitomo Chemical Company to continue and expand the network’s vector control activities in 2017. The…

The Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI) has produced a compendium of innovative financing mechanisms and instruments used in health and development. The report also explores the possible application…

As the MEI’s Lead, Gosling manages a group of more than 50 faculty, researchers, and staff—including malaria scientists, spatial epidemiologists, health economists, clinical trial researchers, and…

Last week, Harvard University hosted the Rethinking Malaria Leadership Forum. Focusing on developments over the past five years, leaders working in malaria and related sectors discussed lessons…

Check out our February issue of The Latest in Malaria Elimination.

Today at the 28th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) honored eight African countries that have shown commitment and innovation in the fight…

Two of the world’s most outspoken advocates for global health—Bill Gates and Ray Chambers—have launched the End Malaria Council, a group of influential public and private sector leaders committed to…

The Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM), which accelerates progress towards shrinking the malaria map through harmonized action to fight malaria in endemic countries, has been revitalized to drive…

On December 13th, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the World Malaria Report 2016. Priti Patel, the United Kingdom’s International Development Secretary, spoke at the London launch event…

Check out our December issue of The Latest in Malaria Elimination.

The Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI) published an article in Malaria Journal exploring a systematic review of the economics of malaria control and elimination. The review brings together…

On November 29, 2016, the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) announced the launch of its office in Singapore, which will also host the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN).…

The Malaria Elimination Group (MEG), an independent international advisory group convened by the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), gathered this week in…

The UCSF Global Health Group convenes more than 70 global malaria experts in Chennai, India to take stock of India's efforts to eliminate malaria.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded the UCSF Global Health Group’s Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI) a four-year grant of $29 million to accelerate malaria elimination in Asia…

On November 6 2016, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) will celebrate World Malaria Day in the Americas. This event is intended to increase advocacy, commitment, and engagement among key…

Today Kyrgyzstan received WHO’s malaria-free certification, after having reported zero cases of local malaria transmission since 2011. Kyrgyzstan began the WHO certification process in 2013, a…

The UCSF Global Health Group's Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI) will have a strong presence at the ASTMH 65th Annual Meeting, taking place in Atlanta, Georgia from November 13-17. The MEI will be…

Check out our October issue of The Latest in Malaria Elimination.

In September, health ministers across the Americas approved a new plan for malaria elimination and prevention of reintroduction in the Americas. The Plan of Action for Malaria Elimination 2016-2020…

Citing research published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, Bill Gates called attention to extraordinary progress in the fight against malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.

Last week in Montreal, Canada, donors pledged over US$12.9 billion in the fifth replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, the Geneva-based organization designed to…

Earlier this month during the East Asia Summit (EAS), hosted in Vientiane by the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, leaders of Asia Pacific countries strongly asserted their…