The E-2020 initiative of 21 malaria-eliminating countries

Overview

Creating a malaria-free world is a bold and important public health and sustainable development goal. It is also the vision of the Global technical strategy for malaria 2016-2030, which calls for the elimination of malaria in at least 10 countries by the year 2020.

In 2016, WHO identified 21 countries, spanning 5 regions, that could defeat malaria by 2020, considering the likelihood of elimination across key criteria. All are unit d by one target: to achieve zero indigenous cases of malaria within the 2020 timeline. This report charts their progress.