Unite against Malaria: challenges and achievements in malaria control around the globe

In May 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the Global Technical Strategy 2016-2030 with the aim of reducing global malaria incidence and mortality by 90% between 2015 and 2030. To mark World Malaria Day 2026, themed “Driven to End Malaria: Now We Can. Now We Must”, we invited three researchers from three global regions to share their experiences of working towards this ambitious goal and the unique challenges and opportunities that remain. The experts involved are Dionicia Gamboa (an expert in molecular surveillance and vector genomics in the Peruvian Amazon region, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia), Fitsum Girma Tadesse (an expert in malaria molecular epidemiology in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa working at Armauer Hansen Research Institute in Addis Ababa and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), and Leanne Robinson (an expert on malaria epidemiology and implementation research in the Asian-Pacific region with a particular focus on Papua New Guinea, Burnet Institute).