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Malaria eradication
Can we do it? Should we do it?
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© Gates FoundationMalaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitoes.
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© World Bank Photo CollectionIn 2012, malaria caused an estimated 627,000 deaths* mostly among African children. (*uncertainty range: 473,000 to 789,000)
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© Gates FoundationIncreased prevention and control measures are dramatically reducing the malaria burden in many places.@
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© Gates FoundationA technician examines a mosquito trap in Lupiro
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Professor
Janet Hemingway Director of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Insect Molecular BiologySpeaker
Position statement: “Eradication is doable if we have the right tools and they are all properly deployed but that is an enormous ask.”
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Dr Tony Holder
Head of the Division of Parasitology at the MRC-National Institute for Medical Research
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Position statement:
“Malaria eradication requires a shift beyond efforts to control the disease and requires development of new tools.”
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Professor Eleanor Riley
Professor of Infectious Disease Immunology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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Position statement:
“Malaria eradication is not possible with the tools and resources available.”
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Professor Robert
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Head of Malaria Cell Biology at The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford.
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Position statement:
“We must keep eradication as the key driver of our research.”
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