How long is the last mile? Evaluating successful malaria elimination trajectories

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Justin M. Cohen, Deepika Kandula, David L. Smith, Arnaud Le Menach
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2022
• Subjects: Malaria; Elimination; Malaria incidence; History; Goal setting; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Wilcox
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04368-3; https://doaj.org/article/8caedf1ebdb1431890b6edfdb47fa21d

Abstract Background Many national malaria programmes have set goals of eliminating malaria, but realistic timelines for achieving this goal remain unclear. In this investigation, historical data are collated on countries that successfully eliminated malaria to assess how long elimination has taken i...