[Evolution of campaigns against malaria from 1897 to the present]

The knowledge of more precise epidemiological data, the use of new drugs, the application of better adapted measures against the anopheles mosquitoes have given hope for the elimination of malaria. Successes have been obtained at least in certain latitudes; however, in intertropical regions the problem often remains without a final solution. The stages of this persistent fight carried on for 90 years are recalled with their alternating successes and failures.