Morning Briefing

"Progress in eradicating malaria is jeopardized if programs to combat the disease are cut," a study published in the Malaria Journal on Tuesday concluded, according to a BMJ news article. The study "looked at 75 documented cases of malaria resurgence worldwide since the 1930s" and "found that in 90 percent of the cases, resurgence was linked, in part, to weakening of malaria control programs," the article states. "The study warns: 'Today, the threat of resurgence again looms as constrained global funding and competing priorities threaten the sustainability of successes,'" and it "highlights brief increases in the incidence of malaria in some countries, including Rwanda and Zambia, as a matter for concern," BMJ notes (Gulland, 4/24).