Malaria Elimination in India: Bridging the Gap Between Control and Elimination

Where India Stands in Malaria Elimination?

Malaria elimination campaign during the end of the last century relied on insecticides and malaria treatment, but this effort did not succeed in many endemic countries and collapsed after a few decades. India is among the 35 countries, which contribute 96% of total malaria cases and 98% of total malaria deaths in the world (1). Recent studies suggest that the neighboring countries of India are ...

Health promotion: from malaria control to elimination.

Here we reflect on the achievement of some of the diverse activities that have brought malaria under control, highlight key challenges and propose specific health promotion interventions required to move South Africa's malaria programme from control to elimination.

Sustaining the gains made in malaria control and elimination

Significant progress has been made in the last 25 years to reduce the malaria burden, but considerable challenges remain. These gains have resulted from large investments in a range of control measures targeting malaria. Fana and co-authors find a strong relationship between education level and net usage with malaria parasitemia in pregnant women, suggesting the need for targeted control strate...

Malaria Elimination Task Force

Ball back in Africa's court: funding malaria control and elimination

The success of malaria control and elimination programmes in African countries is being showcased as an example of effective donor support and the benefits of global investment in health. The unprecedented increase in funding from US$ 200 million in 2004 to US$ 1.8 billion in 2010 has resulted in a 50% reduction of malaria cases in 11 African countries and 1.1 million malaria deaths in children...