As data at progressively granular spatial scales become available, the temptation is to target
interventions to areas with higher malaria transmission–so-called hotspots–with the aim of …

Background: Monitoring malaria transmission is a critical component of efforts to achieve
targets for elimination and eradication. Two commonly monitored metrics of transmission …

The Schistosomiasis Consortium for Operational Research and Evaluation (SCORE)
conducted large field studies on schistosomiasis control and elimination in Africa. All of …

Background Countries planning malaria elimination must adapt from sustaining universal
control to targeted intervention and surveillance. Decisions to make this transition require …

Background As prevalence decreases in pre-elimination settings, identifying the spatial
distribution of remaining infections to target control measures becomes increasingly …

Background In order to improve malaria burden estimates in low transmission settings, more
sensitive tools and efficient sampling strategies are required. This study evaluated the use of …

Background Despite the biological plausibility of hotspots fueling malaria transmission, the
evidence to support this concept has been mixed. If transmission spreads from high burden …

Malaria outbreaks have been reported in recent years in the Colombian Amazon region,
malaria has been re-emerging in areas where it was previously controlled. Information from …

Background: Heterogeneity in malaria transmission has household, temporal, and spatial
components. These factors are relevant for improving the efficiency of malaria control by …

To better guide dengue prevention and control efforts, the use of routinely collected data to
develop risk maps is proposed. For this purpose, dengue experts identified indicators …