Current malaria control and elimination strategy
Malaria in Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela: current challenges in malaria control and elimination
... towards malaria control and elimination achieved in South America in the 2000s, this mosquito-transmitted tropical disease remains an important public health concern in the ...Most malaria ...
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FROM MALARIA CONTROL TO MALARIA ELIMINATION. A Manual for Elimination Scenario Planning
... of malaria despite its absence as a cause of morbidity and mortality • In some cases, suppression of importation either through screening of migrant populations or working with neighbouring regions to reduce ...
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Reshaping the vector control strategy for malaria elimination in Ethiopia in the context of current evidence and new tools: opportunities and challenges
... vector control measures, long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS), reduce the risk of malaria infection by targeting indoor biting ...in malaria control, but ...
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Theory of reactive interventions in the elimination and control of malaria
... that elimination of malaria can be achieved via RCD alone in only a very limited range of settings where transmission potential is very low, and improving the coverage of RCD has little effect on this ...
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The economics of malaria control and elimination: a systematic review
... to malaria control. In addition, the current menu of tools and interventions for malaria is broader and more costly, encompassing LLINs, intermittent preventive therapy for pregnant women and ...
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Modelling the implications of stopping vector control for malaria control and elimination
... post-vector control period, but quantifying the possible decrease in transmission potential is difficult and the focus here is only on those factors directly related to malaria ...decreasing malaria ...
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Micro-stratification of malaria risk in Nepal: implications for malaria control and elimination
... > 1.9 million Nepali citizens, mostly male laborers, work outside of the country in India, the Middle East, and other countries, who upon return, contribute to the sig- nificant number of imported malaria cases. ...
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Epidemiology of malaria in South Africa: from control to elimination
... of malaria Malaria has serious economic impacts in Africa, slowing economic growth and development and perpetuating the cycle of ...poverty. Malaria epitomises a disease of poverty, affecting ...
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What will move malaria control to elimination in South Africa?
... to elimination phase has been described by the malERA Consultative Group on ...of malaria epidemics, at the same time as keeping costs at levels that make the transitioning phase ...other elimination ...
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The global pipeline of new medicines for the control and elimination of malaria
... targeting malaria is much richer now than it was two years ago ...severe malaria and the stringent regula- tory approval of DHA-piperaquine and pyronaridine- artesunate as new fixed-dose ...the ...
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Prioritizing the scale up of interventions for malaria control and elimination
... increased, the point at which an intervention is scaled is therefore sensitive to the relative inflection points in the cost curves. The switch from LLINs to treatment is, in part, driven by the increasing marginal costs ...
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Developing an expanded vector control toolbox for malaria elimination
... sustainable malaria vector control strategies for ...mosquito control in high-income countries is predominantly achieved with a combination of mosquito-proofed housing and environmental management, ...
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The role of simple mathematical models in malaria elimination strategy design
... the elimination of malaria, informed choices are needed now on how they should be ...of malaria transmission spe- cifically during elimination and could be used as a first step by policy ...
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Targeting imported malaria through social networks: a potential strategy for malaria elimination in Swaziland
... Imported malaria is a problem in countries in the process of eliminating malaria or preventing ...of malaria are ...for malaria control programmes to use social networking methods to ...
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How absolute is zero? An evaluation of historical and current definitions of malaria elimination
... eliminate malaria from all or part of a country involve a complex set of factors, and this complexity is compounded by ambiguity surrounding some of the key terminology, most notably “control” and ...Global ...
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Current and cumulative malaria infections in a setting embarking on elimination: Amhara, Ethiopia
... Study design and data collection A cross-sectional household survey was conducted in March–April 2013 during the dry, low-transmission season to provide estimates of malaria burden and cov- erage of malaria ...
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Malaria control in Bhutan: case study of a country embarking on elimination
... Malaria control strategies and interventions Prevention and vector control The major prevention and vector control interventions in Bhutan are IRS, ITNs, and ...vector control, applied ...
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Human movement data for malaria control and elimination strategic planning
... of malaria through HPM. Strategic control and elimination planning, therefore, requires quantitative information on HPM patterns and the translation of these into parasite ...of malaria vary ...
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Local population structure of Plasmodium: impact on malaria control and elimination
... of malaria infections is ...enrich malaria surveil- lance [5], it needs to be ascertained whether such meth- ods - besides their general popularity - are cost-effective for detecting substructures in ...
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Malaria control in Botswana, 2008–2012: the path towards elimination
... targeting malaria elimination by ...vector control interventions in non spraying districts is determined now by entomological ...vector control interventions. Achieve and maintenance of ...
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