BACKGROUND Malaria is a serious health concern in Africa. In Cameroon, an endemic country where malaria remains a major public health problem, several control measures have been put in place among which the use of insecticide-treated bednets (LLINs/ITNs) is considered one of the core vector control strategies. However, the greatest challenges include ownership and utilisation by individuals and...

Malaria is transmitted by many Anopheles species whose proportionate contributions vary across settings. We re-assessed the roles of Anopheles arabiensis and Anopheles funestus, and examined potential benefits of species-specific interventions in an area in south-eastern Tanzania, where malaria transmission persists, four years after mass distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (L...

Sometimes history gives us a second chance by repeating itself. The timely and lucid modeling analysis presented by Phillip Eckhoff in this issue reminds us all that the challenges and opportunities faced by the malaria control community today remain remarkably similar to those of our predecessors who undertook the Global Malaria Eradication Campaign (GMEP). The anti-malarial drugs we use in 20...

‘Invest in the future. Defeat malaria,’ the theme of World Malaria Day 2013, still struck a chord with the outgoing WHO Global Malaria Program Director, Dr Robert Newman, during the release of the latest World Malaria Report on 11 December 2013 in Washington D.C. Dr Newman stated that ‘the greatest threat to continued success in malaria efforts is financial,’ as the community had less than half...

Background: Active malaria detection is required, for efficient identification of cases or clusters to eliminate malaria. Objective this study was explore prevalence asymptomatic parasite carriage and active among rural residents Anger Gute area. Methods: Community based cross-sectional survey done 413 individuals two villages area from 14 29, August 2020. Malaria infection screened using RDT f...