Malaria kills between one and three million people each year, most of them children in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease’s lasting effects on survivors reduce GDP by one percent every year and economic development lags as a result. Malaria continues to pose problems, notwithstanding decades of work by U.S. Agency for International Development and international organizations. Working toward a solution is possible, however, even in the short run. This conference will focus on the controversial role of DDT in malaria prevention and the problems of developing and using drug treatments for malaria.