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LEARNING FROM DRUG DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

3.8

Malaria elimination challenges

After hearing about the challenges of controlling malaria and the success in antimalarial drug development, we want to go one step further.

Read this article by Sunil Dhiman: «Are malaria elimination efforts on right track? An analysis of gains achieved and challenges ahead» (PDF), which summarises key achievements and the current challenges for malaria elimination.


  • The COVID-19 pandemic showed that joint efforts and investments could lead to effective vaccines in less than one year. Could the strategy work for malaria vaccine development in the near future?
  • What could be the future challenges for malaria elimination in Africa?


References

Dhiman, S. Are malaria elimination efforts on right track? An analysis of gains achieved and challenges ahead. Infectious Diseases of Poverty [Internet]. 2019 [cited 1 December 2021]; 8 (14). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0524-x