Antimalarial Drugs for Malaria Elimination.

The diversity of Anopheles species and the environmental issues posed by the large-scale use of insecticides make it unlikely that malaria elimination will be achieved by fighting mosquitoes only. Malaria elimination necessitates targeting the parasite itself. For this, in the absence of efficient vaccines against the disease, antimalarial drugs remain the primary tool. We present here the limitations of currently available antimalarials and the different implementation strategies of these drugs, which ultimately depends on the epidemiological context of the disease.