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Malaria eradication: is it possible? Is it worth it? Should we do it?

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: The malaria map is rapidly shrinking. In 1900, endemic malaria was present in almost every country. Nowadays, the disease has been eliminated in 111 countries and 34 countries are advancing towards elimination.1 Elimination is defined as the absence of transmission in a defined geography—typically a country.2 Successful malaria control programmes in the remaining 64 countries with ongoing transmission have helped to reduce global incidence by 17% and mortality by 26% since 2000.3 For the 34 eliminating countries, the reductions were 85% in incidence and 87% in mortality.

Source: The Lancet Global Health

DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(13)70002-0

Authors: Jenny Liu, Sepideh Modrek, Roly D Gosling, Richard GA Feachem

Institutions: University of California, San Francisco, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University

Language: English

Topic: Malaria Research and Control

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $6,680