No room for complacency in Indonesia's battle against malaria: Jakarta Post contributor

Welcoming all delegates to the second day of the 8thAsia Pacific Leaders’ Summit on Malaria Elimination in Port Moresby, Dr Saia Piukala, Regional Director for the World Health Organization (WHO) WesternPacific Regional Office, highlighted the WHO’s commitment to ending malaria throughclose engagement with government leaders, partners, and communities.

Cross border malaria is a major impediment to achieving regional malaria elimination. No country can achieve this goal in isolation. At the 4th South East Asia Regional Coordination Mechanism Forum (SRCMF), APLMA-APMEN addressed the constituency to highlight the importance of implementing cross-border cooperation for malaria control & elimination.