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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.