Global Malaria Programme
The WHO Global Malaria Programme (GMP) is responsible for coordinating WHO's global efforts to control and eliminate malaria. Its work is guided by the "Global technical strategy for malaria 2016–2030" adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2015 and updated in 2021.
 
 

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Global technical strategy for malaria 2016-2030, 2021 update

The Global technical strategy for malaria 2016–2030 was adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2015. It provides a comprehensive framework to...

Global Malaria Programme operational strategy 2024-2030

As WHO's technical department for malaria, the Global Malaria Programme has an important role to play in leading the global response against this disease....

Guiding principles for prioritizing malaria interventions in resource-constrained country contexts to achieve maximum impact, 2nd ed.

In response to ever increasing financial constraints, the WHO Malaria and Neglected Tropical Disease Department and Regional Offices, in consultation with...

Operational manual on larval source management: control of Anopheles and Aedes mosquito vectors

This operational manual provides practical guidance for the establishment, management, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of larval source management...

Rabies prevention and control in the WHO African Region

Rabies is a neglected zoonotic disease caused by lyssaviruses and transmitted to humans primarily through the bites or scratches of infected animals,...

Malaria case management Plasmodium vivax malaria: a field guide

P. vivax contributes substantially to the malaria burden outside of sub-Saharan Africa.  P.vivax requires medicines  to eliminate both blood-stage...

Dracunculiasis eradication: global surveillance summary, 2025

D. medinensis transmission has now been reduced to historically low levels. It is encouraging that most countries have maintained zero-case incidence against...

Report of the WHO stakeholders update webinar on human African trypanosomiasis, Geneva, Switzerland, 5 June 2025

WHO convened stakeholders involved in the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) for an update webinar covering the past two years. Previous...

 

Ways to access malaria guidance

Clear, evidence-informed WHO recommendations are designed to guide countries as they develop national malaria strategic plans; they support decisions around “what to do”.