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Good sentences: Malaria can not be won by fighting from the meeting room. It is won by fighting in the frontline where decision, appropriate for the situation, is implemented with decisiveness. The key to malaria elimination is the frontline worker and its supervisor… Seeing the result of his work will motivate the front line workers [...]

The title of this paper could also be “How to write about malaria programs and operations”. It is among the most astute, careful descriptions of policy and long-term changes in malaria incidence I have seen. The article deserves broad reading as it contains many lessons on research and control for other countries. In the past 20 years, Brazil [...]

Below is a comment, on the PMI clarification, from one of the authors of the WHO Bulletin article. In regard to the Director’s response to criticisms about the PMI program in Angola, I would like to make a few comments, having written the article in English, with the approval of my two colleagues, especially Martinho [...]

The title of this post is a bit sensational for my tastes but honest in regards to the charges levied by Somandjinga et al in the Bulletin of the WHO. The history of malaria control is replete with stories of gaffes small and large. However, the “policy and practice” article contains frank and detailed criticism, [...]