Malaria is an ancient scourge which affects millions of people each year. About half a million people die from the parasitic disease every year - most of them children under five years of age. Despite huge progress in fighting malaria over the past decade and a half, drug resistance and the number of cases have started to alarmingly creep up. What are we spending on the fight, what would it cost to do more, what are we achieving and what we stand to gain if malaria is defeated?
Guests:
Dr Jimmie Rodgers, Vice-chair Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance and Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands
Dr David Reddy, CEO, Medicines for Malaria Venture
Simon Hay, Professor of Global Health, University of Washington and Director of Geospatial Science at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Dr Rima Shretta, researcher with the Global Health Group at the University of California. Seconded to the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance as Director of Malaria Financing