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The Government of Myanmar hosts Malaria Week 2017 in Nay Pyi Taw, convening high-level government officials to work together for elimination of malaria from Asia and the Pacific by 2030. From 4–8 December 2017, a series of meetings brings together national, regional, and global stakeholders in the fight against the disease.

Malaria Week 2017 will conclude with a high-level inter-governmental ministerial meeting that aims to foster further intra-regional collaboration and development partner support to help ensure malaria elimination goals are achieved. In this welcome message H.E. Dr Myint Htwe, Union Minister of Health and Sports (MoHS) welcomes delegates to Nay Pyi Taw and to Malaria Week 2017, and explains why this opportunity for regional collaboration is so vital to achieving a Malaria-Free Asia Pacific.

Under the leadership of the Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports, Malaria Week 2017 is supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) and the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA).