Table 1.

A proactive agenda to promote elimination of all species of human malaria

1. Surveillance of Plasmodium vivax in new populations and expansion of the P. vivax elimination agenda to include sub-Saharan Africa

2. Geospatial mapping of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiencies and CYP2D6 to gauge populations at risk of primaquine-induced hemolysis and poor efficacy

3. Optimizing drug treatment of P. vivax, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium malariae, and Plasmodium knowlesi

4. Ensure effective radical cure of malaria through improved adherence or short-duration treatment regimens

5. Reestablish field entomology as a core component of malariology

6. Incorporation of ecology (including environmental control methods) into malaria planning, where appropriate

7. Increase sampling of parasite reservoirs in areas with potential zoonotic transmission (human and nonhuman primate) and phylogeny of parasite populations to asses “spillover”

8. Identification and optimization of strategies to target zoonotic malaria infections

9. Greater emphasis on the basic biology of P. knowlesi, P. ovale, and P. malariae