How Bhutan, East Timor Can Get Back on Track to Eliminating Malaria

Cross border malaria is a major impediment to achieving regional malaria elimination. No country can achieve this goal in isolation. At the 4th South East Asia Regional Coordination Mechanism Forum (SRCMF), APLMA-APMEN addressed the constituency to highlight the importance of implementing cross-border cooperation for malaria control & elimination.

Despite progress towards eliminating the disease, certain provinces and districts continue to struggle to reach elimination, particularly those with a large proportion of rural and tribal indigenous communities - and one such community is the Orang Rimba.

More progress has been made in Indonesia’s fight against malaria, with four provinces declaring the successful elimination of this acute febrile illness.