Background The past two decades were associated with innovation and strengthening of
malaria control interventions, which have been increasingly adopted at large scale. Impact …

Background While the overall burden of malaria is still high, the global technical strategy for
malaria advocates for two sets of interventions: vector control-based prevention and …

Background. Malaria control campaigns have reduced malaria transmission to very low
levels in many areas of Africa. Yet the extent to which malaria interruption or elimination …

Abstract Background In Zanzibar, the Ministry of Health and partners accelerated malaria
control from September 2003 onwards. The impact of the scale-up of insecticide-treated nets …

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 …

The intensification of control interventions has led to marked reductions in malaria burden in
some settings, but not others. To provide a comprehensive description of malaria …

Background The recent decline in malaria incidence in many African countries has been
attributed to the provision of prompt and effective anti-malarial treatment using artemisinin …

Background Over the past decade, three strategies have reduced severe malaria cases and
deaths in endemic regions of Africa, Asia and the Americas, specifically:(1) artemisinin …

Abstract Background The World Health Organization has recommended that anaemia be
used as an additional indicator to monitor malaria burden at the community level as malaria …

Background As indicators of burden of malaria have substantially decreased in The Gambia,
reaching a pre-elimination status may be attainable. Achieving this goal requires in-depth …