ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This report was prepared by the World Health Organization (WHO) Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Department and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and written by Eline Korenromp, John Miller, Bernard Nahlen, Tessa Wardlaw and Mark Young. Those who assisted in compiling information include:
Abdikamal Alisalad (WHO Regional Office for Africa), Medhin Ambachew (WHO Ethiopia), Morris Amos (MoH Vanuatu), Hoda Atta (WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean), Bernard Bakote’e (MoH Solomon Islands), Nathan Bakyaita (WHO Regional Office for Africa), Mario Baquilod (MoH Philippines), Keith Carter (WHO Regional Office for the Americas), Eva Christophel (WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific), Tran Cong Dai (WHO Viet Nam), Cheick Oumar Coulibaly (WHO Mali), Eva de Carvalho (WHO Mozambique), Maryse Dugue (RBM Partnership Secretariat), Mikhail Ejov (WHO Regional Office for Europe), Soce Fall (WHO Regional Office for Africa), Bayo Fatunmbi (WHO Nigeria), Gado Habi (WHO Niger), Khoti Gausi (WHO Regional Office for Africa), Jeffrey Hii (WHO Solomon Islands), Luke Honiola (MoH Solomon Islands), Pernille Joergensen (WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific), Mika Kawano (WHO Geneva), Yadany Kim (WHO Lao People’s Democratic Republic), Vijay Kumar (WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia), Dapeng Luo (WHO Papua New Guinea), Nganga Makina (WHO Democratic Republic of the Congo), Leo Makita (MoH Papua New Guinea), Jorge Méndez-Galván (MoH Mexico), Etienne Minkoulou (WHO Regional Office for Africa), Augustine Ngindu (WHO Kenya), Tuoyo Okorosobo (WHO Regional Office for Africa), Shafie Bin Ooyub (MoH Malaysia), Kevin Palmer (WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific), Kidong Park (MoH Republic of Korea), Samlane Phompida (Lao People’s Democratic Republic), Magda Robalo (WHO Regional Office for Africa), Pascal Ringwald (WHO Geneva), Chusak Prasittisuk (WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia), Rakesh Rastogi (WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia), Aafje Rietveld (WHO Geneva), Pascal Ringwald (WHO Geneva), Seyha Ros (WHO Vanuatu), Murugasampillay Shiva (WHO Geneva), Doung Socheat (MoH Cambodia), Thomas Sukwa (WHO Regional Office for Africa), Krongthong Thimasarn (WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia), Reiko Tsuyuoka (WHO Cambodia), Le Khanh Thuan (MoH Viet Nam), Joseph Uchudi (WHO Regional Office for Africa), Raman Velayudhan (WHO Philippines), James Wangi (MoH Papua New Guinea), Juliana Yartey (WHO Geneva), Morteza Zaim (WHO Geneva), Ghasem Zamani (WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean).
Much of the information presented comes from national malaria control programme representatives, who have been tirelessly responsible for coordinating and reporting on the progress of RBM activities in their respective countries. Information on the coverage of RBM interventions is derived from available surveys conducted through national statistical offices, national malaria control programmes and various RBM partners including nongovernmental organizations and research organizations.
The staff of the WHO/RBM Department and RBM Partnership Secretariat, and the members of the RBM Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (MERG) Kent Campbell, Rick Steketee and Trent Ruebush, are thanked for reviewing drafts of the report and for critical comments. Finally, the assistance of Eric Seiber in analysing and preparing figures for antimalarial drug efficacy is greatly appreciated.
