Asia Pacific at the forefront of a global movement to eliminate malaria

In December 2020, 8,000 volunteers in Pakistan's restive tribal region managed to distribute nearly 1.5 million mosquito nets to over half a million households without contracting a single known case of Covid-19. How they did it offers a valuable lesson about how health authorities, by collaborating with communities and other stakeholders, can keep new health threats from disrupting the ongoing battle against malaria and other life-threatening diseases.

Dr Rintis Noviyanti is part of a team tackling what the Indonesian Government has deemed a ‘national enemy’: malaria.

Prime Minister James Marape reaffirmed Papua New Guinea's commitment to eliminating malaria by 2030 during the 8th Asia Pacific Leaders' Summit on Malaria Elimination. Health Ministers signed the EDEN Initiative to foster regional collaboration against malaria and other vector-borne diseases.