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Malaria Eradication - Is this feasible?
By Professor Brian Greenwood CBE FRS and Professor Nicholas White FRS
Previous attempts to eradicate malaria achieved some success, but not in Africa where malaria still kills one million children a year. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and WHO recently made a renewed commitment to the eradication of this infection. The proposed meeting will discuss if this is a realistic goal with the tools available and how long it might require.