February 2011

Spatially-progressive elimination in the Philippines

Health officials in the northern province of Nueva Vizcaya have recently intensified efforts to control and eliminate malaria. Twenty-two out of 81 Philippine provinces (27%) are currently malaria free with the spatially-progressive elimination of malaria starting in the central Philippines and progressively moving outwards towards more hard-to-reach areas. As a malaria-eliminating country with nearly USD$70 million of support provided by the Global Fund for their malaria activities, the Philippines is making progress towards their goal of eliminating malaria by 2020.