15 Reasons we need new antimalarials

To cure patients suffering from the debilitating feverish symptoms of malaria

To provide quicker, easier-to-take alternatives to current antimalarials

To ensure we are prepared with effective treatments when current ones succumb to parasite resistance

To provide medicines tailored to the needs of those who bear the brunt of malaria – children under the age of 5

To make it easier for patients to comply with malaria treatment by receiving a complete curative dose in a single-dose cure

To save lives threatened by severe malaria

To stem the tide of emerging parasite resistance with medicines of different mechanisms of action

To block the transmission of malaria from person to person

To kill the P. vivax parasite that lies dormant in the liver only to relapse again and again

To protect children living in the Sahel region of Africa from seasonal malaria

To protect pregnant women living in malaria-endemic countries – two lives are at risk!

To buy time to get severe malaria patients the care they need with pre-referral rectal suppositories

To protect vulnerable populations with medicines until an effective vaccine becomes available

To give physicians a choice of medicines to treat patients suffering from malaria

To contribute to the global effort to eliminate and ultimately eradicate malaria