Malaria eradication back on the table

Malaria eradication back on the table.

a Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse 57, 4002 Basel, Switzerland. Correspondence to Marcel Tanner (e-mail: [email protected]). doi:10.2471/BLT.07.050633 After a lapse of almost 40 years, malaria eradication is back on the global health agenda. Inspired by the Gates Malaria Forum in October 2007,1,2 key organizations are starting to debate the pros and cons of redefining eradication as...

Malaria: global challenges for malaria eradication

Theenormousdecline in theannualmorbidity andmortality frommalaria is the spectacular global public health success of the past decade. This achievement results largely from increased finance for investment in measures known to prevent malaria: bednets treated with long-lasting insecticides, chemoprophylaxis, and rapid access to effective treatment.Suchhasbeenthesuccessof thesemeasures thatplans ...

Terminology of Malaria and of Malaria Eradication.

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Roll Back Malaria

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