The
UCSF Global Health Group is an “action tank” dedicated to translating research into policy and large‐scale action to benefit the lives of millions of people. The Global Health Group established its
Malaria Elimination Initiative in 2007 to provide intellectual and practical support to malaria-eliminating countries and to further the goal of a malaria-free world.
The goal of the Malaria Elimination Initiative is to enable countries that are pursuing national goals of elimination to make well informed and evidence-based decisions on whether, when, and how to eliminate malaria. The Initiative achieves this by gathering, analyzing, and disseminating evidence on malaria elimination – both through conducting original research, and by synthesizing new evidence to support and inform strategic planning and decision-making at global, regional, and country levels.
The Global Health Group works directly with national malaria programs and partners in seven countries in southern Africa and Asia Pacific, and supports two regional elimination efforts to accelerate the elimination of malaria: the Elimination Eight (E8) in southern Africa; and, the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN).
Conducting New Research
The Global Health Group is pursuing a rigorous program of new research to determine the costs, benefits, and financing requirements for elimination.
To provide support to malaria-eliminating countries, the Global Health Group is partnering with the World Health Organization, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, University of Florida, Imperial College, and others to develop an Elimination Scenario Planning (ESP) tool to help countries develop strategies for eliminating malaria.
The Global Health Group also supports national malaria programs to conduct operational research to develop new approaches to eliminating malaria and preventing reintroduction. This research focuses on surveillance and diagnosis in low-endemic and malaria-free settings.
Documenting Success
Through its extensive network of partners in malaria-eliminating countries, and in collaboration with the World Health Organization, the Global Health Group is conducting a series of case studies on elimination in order to advance understanding of what it takes to achieve and maintain elimination from operational, technical, and financial perspectives.
Global Coordination
The Global Health Group convenes the Malaria Elimination Group (MEG), a global advisory body comprised of 47 international malaria experts from 17 countries. The MEG works to elaborate the technical, operational, and financial considerations of elimination and is supporting global efforts to strengthen evidence-based approaches to malaria elimination.
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