Key challenges
Scaling up preventive and curative interventions to attain universal coverage.
Containing the spread of artemisinin resistance that had emerged in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, and preventing
its emergence in other countries.
Sustaining strong political commitments, financial support and community participation to further reduce the burden
of malaria and to prevent its resurgence.
Addressing the high burden of malaria among tribal communities and settlers in forests and forest fringes, and
migrant labour working in mines, plantations, and in road and dam construction, and other development projects.
Addressing urban malaria in India.
Strengthening technical and managerial capacities at all levels to address the remaining burden of malaria.
Filling the gaps in human resources to deliver malaria control services particularly in hard-to-reach areas.
The way forward
Increase political commitments and budgetary support to further scale up coverage of key interventions.
Mobilize other sectors and the communities at risk for malaria control.
Formulate and implement healthy public policy, including health impact assessment for any development project.
Malaria control should be a component of any development project to be implemented either by the government
or private sector in endemic areas.
Strengthen education on malaria prevention and control in primary and secondary schools as well as in adult literacy
classes particularly for tribal communities.
Strengthen regulatory authority to ensure the quality of diagnostics and drugs.
Ensure the rational use of antimalarial drugs both in public and private sectors.
Strengthen cross-border/intercountry/bi-regional collaborations to address the key challenges like drug resistance
and malaria among migrant workers.
Strengthen surveillance, monitoring and evaluation.
Invest in research and capacity development for malaria control.