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Beyond elimination; addressing challenges in maintaining the malaria elimination status in Suriname [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Suriname has been certified malaria-free by WHO on June 30th 2025. In the post-elimination era, malaria is still requiring full attention of the public health system.
Stephen Vreden, Hedley Cairo, Gabriela Sanches, Anfernee Neus, Malti Adhin, Marthelise Eersel   +5 more
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Is malaria elimination in the Amazon rainforest feasible? The case of Suriname [PDF]

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
This opinion paper summarizes the strategy applied toward malaria elimination in Suriname and highlights its relevance and feasibility for implementation in similar Amazon rainforest settings.
Stephen Vreden, Marthelise Eersel, Gustavo Bretas, Hedley Cairo, Edward van Eer, Malti Adhin   +5 more
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Performance evaluation of RDT, light microscopy, and PET-PCR for detecting Plasmodium falciparum malaria infections in the 2018 Zambia National Malaria Indicator Survey

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background Zambia continues to advance on the path to elimination with significant reductions in malaria morbidity and mortality. Crucial components that have contributed to progress thus far and are necessary for achieving the national malaria ...
Mulenga C. Mwenda, Abebe A. Fola, Ilinca I. Ciubotariu, Conceptor Mulube, Brenda Mambwe, Rachael Kasaro, Moonga B. Hawela, Busiku Hamainza, John M. Miller, Giovanna Carpi, Daniel J. Bridges   +10 more
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Health systems readiness and quality of inpatient malaria case-management in Kano State, Nigeria

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background Nigeria was among the first African countries to adopt and implement change of treatment policy for severe malaria from quinine to artesunate.
Abiodun A. Ojo, Kolawole Maxwell, Olusola Oresanya, Justice Adaji, Prudence Hamade, James K. Tibenderana, Saddiq S. Abubakar, Bala M. Audu, Ahmad Njidda, Aishatu B. Gubio, Robert W. Snow, Dejan Zurovac   +11 more
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The need for larval source management accompanying urban development projects in malaria endemic areas: a case study on Bioko Island

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background In 2017, several new housing districts were constructed on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. This case study assessed the impact construction projects had on mosquito larval habitats and the effectiveness of larval source management in reducing
Guillermo A. García, Godwin Fuseini, Olivier Tresor Donfack, Rachel N. Wofford, Jose Antonio Mba Nlang, Prudencio Bibang Efiri, Valeriano Oluy Nsue Maye, Thomas A. Weppelmann, David Galick, Wonder Philip Phiri, Kylie DeBoer, Jordan M. Smith, Jeremias Nzamio Mba Eyono, Matilde Riloha Rivas, Carlos A. Guerra, Michael E. von Fricken   +15 more
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The provision of malaria services in border districts of four countries in Southern Africa: results from a cross-sectional community assessment of malaria border health posts

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background The importation of parasites across borders remains a threat to malaria elimination. The Southern African Development Community Malaria Elimination Eight (E8) established 39 border health facilities on 5 key international borders between high ...
Mukosha Chisenga, Bongani Dlamini, Nyasha Mwendera, Paulo Maquina, Busiku Hamainza, José Franco Martins, Francisco Saute, Henrico Bock, Roly Gosling, Adam Bennett, Jennifer Smith, Immo Kleinschmidt   +11 more
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Engaging the private sector in malaria surveillance: a review of strategies and recommendations for elimination settings

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background In malaria elimination settings, all malaria cases must be identified, documented and investigated. To facilitate complete and timely reporting of all malaria cases and effective case management and follow-up, engagement with private providers
Adam Bennett, Anton L. V. Avanceña, Jennifer Wegbreit, Chris Cotter, Kathryn Roberts, Roly Gosling   +5 more
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Malaria case investigation with reactive focal testing and treatment: operational feasibility and lessons learned from low and moderate transmission areas in Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Malaria Journal, 2018
Background When malaria transmission is very low, investigation of passively detected malaria cases and reactive focal testing and treatment (FTAT) in the case and neighbouring households can identify and contain the source and spread of infections ...
Pooja Bansil, Asnakew K. Yeshiwondim, Caterina Guinovart, Belendia Serda, Callie Scott, Berhane H. Tesfay, Adem Agmas, Belay Bezabih, Melkamu T. Zeleke, Girma S. Guesses, Asmamaw L. Ayenew, Worku M. Workie, Duncan Earle, Rick W. Steketee, Asefaw Getachew   +14 more
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District-level approach for tailoring and targeting interventions: a new path for malaria control and elimination

Malaria Journal, 2020
Despite huge investments and implementation of effective interventions for malaria, progress has stalled, with transmission being increasingly localized among difficult-to-reach populations and outdoor-biting vectors.
Roly Gosling, John Chimumbwa, Petrina Uusiku, Sara Rossi, Henry Ntuku, Kelly Harvard, Chris White, Allison Tatarsky, Daniel Chandramohan, Ingrid Chen   +9 more
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Cross-border movement, economic development and malaria elimination in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

BMC Medicine, 2018
Malaria at international borders presents particular challenges with regards to elimination. International borders share common malaria ecologies, yet neighboring countries are often at different stages of the control-to-elimination pathway.
Mohammed H. Al Zahrani, Abdiasiis I. Omar, Abdelmohsin M. O. Abdoon, Ali Adam Ibrahim, Abdullah Alhogail, Mohamed Elmubarak, Yousif Eldirdiry Elamin, Mohammed A. AlHelal, Ali M. Alshahrani, Tarig M. Abdelgader, Ibrahim Saeed, Tageddin B. El Gamri, Mohammed S. Alattas, Abdu A. Dahlan, Abdullah M. Assiri, Joseph Maina, Xiao Hong Li, Robert W. Snow   +17 more
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