Designing a sustainable strategy for malaria control?
Abstract Malaria in the 21 st century is showing signs of declining over much of its distribution, including several countries in Africa where previously this was not thought to be feasible. Yet for the most part the strategies to attack the infection are similar to those of the 1950s. Three major J...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:17052c7426604de8a84d5e464940a8f2 2023-05-15T15:06:08+02:00 Designing a sustainable strategy for malaria control? Mharakurwa Sungano Sullivan David Thuma Phil Shiff Clive 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-220 https://doaj.org/article/17052c7426604de8a84d5e464940a8f2 EN eng BMC http://www.malariajournal.com/content/10/1/220 https://doaj.org/toc/1475-2875 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-220 1475-2875 https://doaj.org/article/17052c7426604de8a84d5e464940a8f2 Malaria Journal, Vol 10, Iss 1, p 220 (2011) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2011 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-220 2022-12-31T04:39:31Z Abstract Malaria in the 21 st century is showing signs of declining over much of its distribution, including several countries in Africa where previously this was not thought to be feasible. Yet for the most part the strategies to attack the infection are similar to those of the 1950s. Three major Journals have recently drawn attention to the situation, stressing the importance of research, describing the successes and defining semantics related to control. But there is a need to stress the importance of local sustainability, and consider somewhat urgently how individual endemic countries can plan and implement the programmes that are currently financed, for the most part, by donor institutions. On an immediate basis research should be more focused on a data driven approach to control. This will entail new thinking on the role of local infrastructure and in training of local scientists in local universities in epidemiology and field malariology so that expanded control programmes can become operational. Donor agencies should encourage and facilitate development of career opportunities for such personnel so that local expertise is available to contribute appropriately. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Malaria Journal 10 1 |
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Abstract Malaria in the 21 st century is showing signs of declining over much of its distribution, including several countries in Africa where previously this was not thought to be feasible. Yet for the most part the strategies to attack the infection are similar to those of the 1950s. Three major Journals have recently drawn attention to the situation, stressing the importance of research, describing the successes and defining semantics related to control. But there is a need to stress the importance of local sustainability, and consider somewhat urgently how individual endemic countries can plan and implement the programmes that are currently financed, for the most part, by donor institutions. On an immediate basis research should be more focused on a data driven approach to control. This will entail new thinking on the role of local infrastructure and in training of local scientists in local universities in epidemiology and field malariology so that expanded control programmes can become operational. Donor agencies should encourage and facilitate development of career opportunities for such personnel so that local expertise is available to contribute appropriately. |
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