Statement of B.F. (Lee) Hall, M.D., Ph.D., and Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

National Institutes of Health

on

World Malaria Day

April 25, 2010

This year, we commemorate World Malaria Day by celebrating recent advances in controlling malaria, while also acknowledging the urgency in meeting critical milestones if we are to eliminate and eventually eradicate the disease throughout the world. Although significant strides have been made toward malaria control and the elimination of the disease from many regions, global eradication is a long-term goal that will require a sustained commitment as we adapt to changing circumstances that result from our successes.

To read the entire statement, go to http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2010/Pages/malariaday10.aspx .