Mekong Malaria Elimination Programme

The Mekong Malaria Elimination (MME) programme is an initiative which supports malaria elimination across 6 countries of the Greater Mekong subregion (GMS) – Cambodia, China (Yunnan Province), the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam. MME was established in 2017 as a reaction to the Emergency Response to Artemisinin Resistance, a high-level plan of attack launched in 2013 to contain the spread of drug-resistant parasites and provide life-saving interventions for all GMS populations at risk of malaria. 

MME leads coordination among all countries in line with the Strategy for malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong subregion (2015–2030) which calls for the elimination of all species of human malaria across the GMS. MME’s key area of work include partnership coordination, advocacy and communication, as well as leading technical support on cross-country projects, regional/country surveillance, national malaria elimination intensification plans, and aggressive approaches.