Two new initiatives to accelerate the elimination of malaria and improve health outcomes in the ASEAN region were announced in Hanoi on September 13 in the framework of the ongoing World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018.

The first initiative, Blended Finance for Impact, is a partnership of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) to enable and increase long-term integrated financing for health, including malaria.