The Lancet Infectious Disease
May 2010  Volume 10  Number 5  Pages 289 – 366
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/issue/current

Leading Edge
Coordination essential in malaria battle
The Lancet Infectious Diseases

April 24 marked World Malaria Day, 2010. A particularly important year in the fight against the disease, since December is the target date for the ambitious goal set out by the World Health Assembly and Roll Back Malaria in 2008 to provide universal access to prevention and treatment, with the aim of halving the number of cases of and deaths from the disease relative to 2000. Furthermore, this year is two-thirds of the way along the path to the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), several of which are intrinsically linked to malaria, and dependent on successes in its control.