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Malaria eradicationCan we do it? Should we do it?

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Biology Week11th-18th October 2014

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Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitoes.

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In 2012, malaria caused an estimated 627,000 deaths* mostly among African children. (*uncertainty range: 473,000 to 789,000)

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Malaria is preventable and curable.

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Increased prevention and control measures are dramatically reducing the malaria burden in many places.

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A technician examines a mosquito trap in Lupiro village.

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Colourised ‘scanning electron micrograph’ of a red blood cell infected with malaria parasites.

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Professor Chris Whitty

Chief Scientific Adviser & Director of Research, Department for International Development

Chairperson

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Professor Janet Hemingway

Director of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Professor of Insect Molecular Biology

Speaker

Position statement: “Eradication is doable if we have the right tools and they are all properly deployed but that is an enormous ask.”

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Dr Tony Holder

Head of the Division of Parasitology at the MRC-National Institute for Medical Research

Speaker

Position statement: “Malaria eradication requires a shift beyond efforts to control the disease and requires development of new tools.”

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Professor Eleanor Riley

Professor of Infectious Disease Immunology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Speaker

Position statement: “Malaria eradication is not possible with the tools and resources available.”

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Professor Robert Sinden

Head of Malaria Cell Biology at The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford.

Speaker

Position statement: “We must keep eradication as the key driver of our research.”

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