This paper discusses the initiatives against Malaria epidemics over this period and identifies them as early stages of an international approach to the control of the disease.

The first feature in a new multimedia series by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine explores wether a vaccine is enough to fight against malaria.

The statement was made by Keith Carter, the organization’s senior advisor on malaria, in his opening words to the São Paulo School of Advanced Sciences on Malaria Eradication.

The workshop is part of the project Policies and Practices of Public Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Historical Perspective.

Luiz Hidelbrando Pereira da Silva was one of the world’s greatest malaria researchers. He was also the founder and director of the Institute for Research on Tropical Pathologies of Rondônia.