Ethiopia’s progress towards reducing the malaria burden is an inspiring public health success story, and a source of potential learning for other countries on the path to elimination.

This case report describes Ethiopia’s three major success factors— (1) committed national leadership and partnership support, (2) scale-up of activities to support national control and elimination targets, and (3) the extension of prevention to the communities— and explores several exciting new opportunities to consolidate and expand upon Ethiopia’s decade of impact.