The purpose of this report is to inform deliberations among policymakers and stakeholders. It summarises the best available evidence regarding human resource capacity building as well as staff motivation as policy options for developing the capacity to effectively implement the proposed malaria elimination strategy in Ethiopia. The report was prepared as a background document to be discussed at meetings of those engaged in developing policies for malaria elimination and people with an interest in those policies (stakeholders). In addition, it is intended to inform other stakeholders and to engage them in deliberations about those policies. It is not intended to prescribe or proscribe specific options or implementation strategies. Rather, its purpose is to allow stakeholders to systematically and transparently consider the available evidence about the likely impacts of different options for building the human resource capacity for malaria elimination.