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Abstract
The Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the World Health Organization met for the first
time from 31 January to 2 February 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland. This article provides a
summary of the discussions, conclusions and recommendations from that meeting, as part of
the newly launched Malaria Journal thematic series “WHO Malaria Policy Advisory
Committee: Reports and Recommendations”.
Summaries are provided, referencing the relevant background documents, for the meeting
sessions on global malaria control, drug resistance and containment, rapid diagnostic test
procurement criteria, larviciding, classification of countries for elimination, estimating
malaria cases and deaths, and seasonal malaria chemoprevention. Policy statements, position
statements, and guidelines that will arise from the MPAC meeting conclusions and
recommendations will be formally issued and disseminated to World Health Organization
member states by the World Health Organization Global Malaria Programme.
Malaria Journal 2012, 11:137
Robert D Newman (newmanr@who.int)
Article URL http://www.malariajournal.com/content/11/1/137 or
http://www.malariajournal.com/content/pdf/1475-2875-11-137.pdf
Malaria Journal
Malaria Policy Advisory Committee and Secretariat1
Robert Newman1
* Corresponding author Email: newmanr@who.int
1 Global Malaria Programme, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-
1211, Geneva 27, Switzerland