Eliminating malaria vectors [PDF]
Malaria vectors which predominantly feed indoors upon humans have been locally eliminated from several settings with insecticide treated nets (ITNs), indoor residual spraying or larval source management. Recent dramatic declines of An. gambiae in east Africa with imperfect ITN coverage suggest mosquito populations can rapidly collapse when forced below
Gerry F Killeen +6 more
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Malaria vaccines and their potential role in the elimination of malaria [PDF]
Research on malaria vaccines is currently directed primarily towards the development of vaccines that prevent clinical malaria. Malaria elimination, now being considered seriously in some epidemiological situations, requires a different vaccine strategy, since success will depend on killing all parasites in the community in order to stop transmission ...
Greenwood Brian M, Targett Geoffrey A
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Development of WHO recommendations for the final phase of elimination and prevention of re-establishment of malaria [PDF]
The WHO recommends that all affected countries work toward the elimination of malaria, even those still experiencing a high burden of disease. However, malaria programs in the final phase of elimination or those working to prevent re-establishment of ...
Alonso, Pedro +18 more
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Is malaria elimination a distant dream? Reconsidering malaria elimination strategies in Zimbabwe
Malaria remains a public health problem decimating vulnerable populace especially in resource-constrained areas in Zimbabwe. Significant progress towards malaria elimination has beenik made in the previous decades through intensified and improved malaria control measures such as indoor residual spraying (IRS), distribution of long-lasting insecticidal ...
Elliot Mbunge +3 more
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Achieving malaria elimination in China [PDF]
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Cao, Jun +8 more
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Malaria parasites: elimination is not eradication [PDF]
For those of us who participate in the fight against malaria, the present time stands in stark contrast to what we have always known. In comparison with the eve of this century, less than a dozen year ago, there is presently some unanimously accepted good news.
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Scaling malaria interventions: bottlenecks to malaria elimination
The slow progress in malaria control efforts and increasing challenges have prompted a need to accelerate the research and development (R&D), launch and scaling of effective interventions for malaria elimination. This research, including desk research and key informant interviews, identified the following challenges along the end-to-end scale-up ...
Wenhui Mao +5 more
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A high-resolution geospatial surveillance-response system for malaria elimination in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu [PDF]
A high-resolution surveillance-response system has been developed within a geographic information system (GIS) to support malaria elimination in the Pacific.
John Smale +30 more
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Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the WHO : conclusions and recommendations of March 2013 meeting [PDF]
The Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the World Health Organization met in Geneva, Switzerland from 13 to 15 March, 2013. This article provides a summary of the discussions, conclusions and recommendations from that meeting.Meeting sessions included ...
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Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the WHO : conclusions and recommendations of seventh biannual meeting (March 2015) [PDF]
The Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the World Health Organization held its seventh meeting in Geneva, Switzerland from 5 to 7 March 2015. This article provides a summary of the discussions, conclusions and meeting recommendations.
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