Tropical Health Matters: Eradication, Elimination: What is Feasible — WHO Global Malaria Program
In his blog, formerly named “Malaria Matters,” Bill Brieger, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, presents a letter by Pedro Alonso, director of the WHO’s Global Malaria Programme, in which he “provide[s] a reminder of WHO’s position and strategy.” Brieger presents definitions for malaria elimination and eradication and highlights the WHO Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030, which “sets ambitious but achievable global targets” (10/24).