The 23rd SME WG Annual Meeting that was held from 17 to 19 September 2014,Oxford, United Kingdom, brought together 36 in-person SME WG participants from 10 countries. 

Meeting Objectives

• 1. Discuss refocusing of global strategies
• 2. Review efforts to further strengthen capacity for M&E of malaria in endemic countries
• 3. Examine data needs to better inform malaria control efforts in a changing epidemiologic environment
• 4. Discuss and define a strategy to better communicate M&E efforts
• 5. Discuss MERG business issues