January 2010

Can Malaria Be Eliminated?

A recent editorial written by Chief Editor Richard Horton of The Lancet remarked that 2010 will be an especially important year to build a cohesive global coalition to support malaria control and elimination efforts. In a recent health lecture at the United Kingdom Academy of Medical Sciences, Dr. Nicholas White and Dr. Kevin Marsh debated the prospects and opportunities in eliminating malaria. To outline this debate more precisely, The Lancet and the Malaria Elimination Group are working together to produce and publish a special issue on malaria elimination in The Lancet in 2010.