More than 180 scientists, malaria program leaders, and policy makers from around the world have come together through a consultative process to update the research agenda for malaria elimination and eradication, first published in 2011. The outcome is a series of seven ‘malERA Refresh’ (malaria eradication research agenda) papers that have been published as a special collection in PLOS Medicine. The aim of this exercise, coordinated by the Malaria Eradication Scientific Alliance (MESA) and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was to define a forward-looking research and development agenda that will accelerate progress towards malaria elimination and global eradication.

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