WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Group (MPAG) meeting report: April 2025

On 8–10 April 2025, the WHO Malaria Policy Advisory Group (MPAG) convened for its 27th meeting to review updates and progress, and to provide guidance on thematic areas of work by the Global Malaria Programme. Following an update from the Global Malaria Programme on its recent activities, the meeting focused on the following topics:

• responding to changes in global malaria resourcing and architecture;
• subnational tailoring of malaria interventions and strategies;
• gender equality, human rights and health equity in the malaria response;
• malaria elimination;
• operational guidance on vector control; and
• drug resistance