Representatives from Cambodia China the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Myanmar Thailand and Viet Nam today called for accelerated action to eliminate malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) by the year 2030. The call comes amid concern over resistance of malaria parasites to antimalarial drugs including artemisinin—the core compound of the best available antimalarial medicines. To date resistance has been detected in five of the six GMS countries. The best way to address the threat posed by drug resistance is to eliminate malaria altogether from the countries of the Mekong. At a high-level meeting convened by the Ministry of Health and