The Asia Pacific region has made tremendous progress towards elimination over the past two decades. Yet, even as we celebrate the successes of our fight against malaria, progress has also prompted the need to think critically about how we can ensure the long-term success of malaria responses, especially in the context of reduced funding from external donors. 

In this webinar, the speakers shared with malaria programs and civil society organizations on the importance of sustainability planning and mobilizing domestic resources to ensure the continuity of malaria responses in their respective countries across financing and programmatic domains.

• Matthew MacGregor, Deputy Head of Health Finance, Health Finance Department, The Global Fund 

• Vanessa Elias, Research Manager, Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI), Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, San Francisco 

• Dr Pubudu Chulasiri, Consultant Community Physician, and Dr Nethmini Thenuwara, Consultant Community Physician, Anti-Malaria Campaign, Sri Lanka 

• Dr Jose Gerard Belimac, Officer In Charge, Director III - Standards and Strategies, Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, Department of Health, Philippines