Health and Healthcare Systems
How we can defeat malaria by 2030
Asia Pacific is experiencing a rise in malaria cases. But eliminating the disease by 2030 is possible through renewed funding commitments, collaboration and innovation.
Dr. Sarthak Das is Chief Executive Officer of the Communicable Disease Threats Initiative & Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance, and Adjunct Lecturer at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. He has spent the last three decades living and working on infectious diseases, health systems in Africa and Asia-Pacific.
Asia Pacific is experiencing a rise in malaria cases. But eliminating the disease by 2030 is possible through renewed funding commitments, collaboration and innovation.
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