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Background Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that is one of the most serious public health issues globally and a leading cause of mortality in many developing countries worldwide. Knowing the prevalence of both symptomatic and asymptomatic malaria on a
Dyna Doum +8 more
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Inaugural meeting of the malaria policy advisory committee to the WHO : conclusions and recommendations [PDF]
The Malaria Policy Advisory Committee to the World Health Organization met for the first time from 31 January to 2 February 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland. This article provides a summary of the discussions, conclusions and recommendations from that meeting,
Abdulla, S +55 more
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Malaria eradication and elimination: views on how to translate a vision into reality [PDF]
Although global efforts in the past decade have halved the number of deaths due to malaria, there are still an estimated 219 million cases of malaria a year, causing more than half a million deaths.
Ric N. Price +59 more
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Elimination Therapy for the Endemic Malarias [PDF]
Most malaria diagnosed outside endemic zones occurs in patients experiencing the consequences of what was likely a single infectious bite by an anopheline mosquito. A single species of parasite is nearly always involved and expert opinion on malaria chemotherapy uniformly prescribes species- and stage-specific treatments.
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Hitting hotspots: spatial targeting of malaria for control and elimination. [PDF]
Teun Bousema and colleagues argue that targeting malaria “hotspots” is a highly efficient way to reduce malaria transmission at all levels of transmission ...
Sauerwein, Robert W +35 more
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Malaria in Africa Can Be Eliminated [PDF]
A concerted effort to control malaria in Africa has produced dramatic reductions in childhood death in the past decade. This early success has prompted the global community to commit to eradication of malaria deaths and eventually all transmission. Evidence suggests that this is a feasible goal using currently available interventions, augmented with ...
Campbell, Carlos C. +1 more
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A research agenda for malaria eradication: health systems and operational research. [PDF]
Health systems research and development is needed to support the global malaria eradication agenda. In this paper, we (the malERA Consultative Group on Health Systems and Operational Research) focus on the health systems needs of the elimination phase of
The maIera Consultative Group on Health Systems Operational Rese, +2 more
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Feasibility of Malaria Elimination in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: The problem of malaria is very severe in Ethiopia where it has been the major cause of illness and death for many years. The purpose of this review article is to assess the feasibility of malaria elimination in Ethiopia.METHOD: To compile this review article, different relevant research articles related to the topic from open access ...
Gessessew Bugssa, Kiros Tedla
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Towards malaria elimination - a new thematic series [PDF]
The launch of a new thematic series of Malaria Journal - 'Towards malaria elimination' - creates the forum that allows carrying scientific evidence on how to achieve malaria elimination in specific endemic settings and conditions into the circles of ...
Marcel Tanner +5 more
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Significance of training, monitoring and assessment of malaria workers in achieving malaria elimination goal of Malaria Elimination Demonstration Project [PDF]
AbstractBackgroundThe Malaria Elimination Demonstration Project (MEDP) maintained a workforce of 235 Village Malaria Workers (VMWs) and 25 Malaria Field Coordinators (MFCs) to conduct disease surveillance, case management, IEC/BCC activities, capacity building, and monitoring of vector control activities in 1233 villages of Mandla, a high malaria ...
Harsh Rajvanshi +11 more
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