BackgroundMalaria elimination is on global agendas following successful transmission
reductions. Nevertheless moving from low to zero transmission is challenging. South Africa …

Objective To describe an approach for evaluating the impact of malaria control efforts on
malaria‐associated mortality in sub‐Saharan Africa, where disease‐specific mortality trends …

Locally specific epidemiological understanding is pivotal to the success of malaria
elimination in South Africa. Here, we focus on how the host, vector, parasite and …

Background Following the last major malaria epidemic in 2000, malaria incidence in South
Africa has declined markedly. The decrease has been so emphatic that South Africa now …

Background: Malaria remains a serious concern in most African countries, causing nearly
one million deaths globally every year. This review aims to examine the extent and nature of …

Background Although malaria remains a noteworthy disease in South Africa, the provinces
are at differing stages of the malaria elimination continuum. KwaZulu-Natal has consistently …

In this supplement, several authors have shared lessons from the past and identified factors
that led to the significant reductions in malaria morbidity and mortality during the past half …

Background With a sustained national malaria incidence of fewer than one case per 1000
population at risk, in 2012 South Africa officially transitioned from controlling malaria to the …

Considerable progress in malaria control has been made in the past five years, with a 21%
decrease in malaria incidence and a 29% decrease in malaria mortality worldwide. This is …

Background During the past decade, renewed global and national efforts to combat malaria
have led to ambitious goals. We aimed to provide an accurate assessment of the levels and …