Malaria continues to pose a major public health threat in endemic areas. However, times are changing, andmany investments have been made in recent years into funding of malaria research, the development of more andimproved control tools, and applying those to the field. Consequently, there is a renewed interest in going as far asconsidering the prospects of malaria elimination on a global scale. This goal cannot be reached without optimising andcombining biotechnical, economical and social anthropological aspects. A symposium held on 25 January 2011 inAmsterdam, the Netherlands, organised by the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, the Center forInfection and Immunity Amsterdam and the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, focused onmalaria and the malERA eradication program, summarizing the state of the art in malaria control and beyond, and offeringinsight into the various possible ways forward. This manuscript summarizes the information presented and the ensuingdiscussions.
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