(Source: UCSF - University of California, San Francisco) The Malaria Elimination Group, an independent international advisory group on malaria elimination convened by the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), gathered in the Ezulwini Valley for its tenth meeting to celebrate Swaziland's achievements. The meeting was opened on November 16, 2015 by Swaziland's Minister of Health, Honorable Sibongile Ndlela-Simelane. With only 603 malaria cases last season (July 2014-June 2015), Swaziland is poised to eliminate malaria by the end of 2016, according to the National Malaria Control Programme. If the country achieves malaria elimination, it will be the first...
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