Assessing China’s Impact on Poverty in the Greater Mekong Subregion, Hossein Jalilian, 2013, Singapour, iseas Publishing, 440 p.

Approaching the Greater Mekong Subregion

Malaria situation in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

The epidemiology of malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion is complex and rapidly evolving. Malaria control and elimination efforts face a daunting array of challenges including multidrug-resistant parasites. This review presents secondary data collected by the national malaria control programs in the six countries between 1998 and 2010 and examines trends over the last decade. This data has a...

Assessing Malaria Risks in Greater Mekong Subregion based on Environmental Parameters

* Corresponding author. ** Supported by NASA Public Health Applications Program. Abstract – The Greater Mekong Subregion, which consists of Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and a small part of China, is the world’s epicenter of falciparum malaria. Depending on the country, approximately 50 to 90% of all malaria cases are due to this species. We have been developing techniques to enha...

Health equity and migrants in the Greater Mekong Subregion

BACKGROUND Migrant health is receiving increasing international attention, reflecting recognition of the health inequities experienced among many migrant populations and the need for health systems to adapt to diverse migrant populations. In the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) there is increasing migration associated with uneven economic integration and growth, socio-economic vulnerabilities, an...

Malaria trends and challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion.

This report provides an overview of the epidemiological patterns of malaria in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) from 1998 to 2007, and highlights critical challenges facing national malaria control programs and partners in effort to build on their successes as they move towards malaria pre-elimination and elimination as a programmatic goal. Epidemiological data provided by malaria programs sh...