The Lancet
Oct 31, 2009  Volume 374  Number 9700  Pages 1473 – 1566
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/current

Comment
Malaria: a research agenda for the eradication era

Wen Kilama, Francine Ntoumi
The world’s largest meeting on malaria, the 5th Multilateral Initiative on Malaria (MIM) Pan-African Malaria Conference, convenes in Nairobi, Kenya, on Nov 1–6.1 Since the last MIM meeting in 2005, the malaria landscape has transformed dramatically. Scientific progress and support from the highest levels of government galvanised the field, and the global community has begun to coalesce around the most ambitious goal possible—eradication.