Are malaria elimination efforts on right track? An analysis of gains achieved and challenges ahead

S Dhiman - Infectious diseases of poverty, 2019 - Springer
Background Malaria causes significant morbidity and mortality each year. In the past few
years, the global malaria cases have been declining and many endemic countries are …

Testing and treatment for malaria elimination: a systematic review

G Newby, C Cotter, ME Roh, K Harvard, A Bennett… - Malaria journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Global interest in malaria elimination has prompted research on active test and
treat (TaT) strategies. Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted to …

Towards malaria control and elimination in Ghana: challenges and decision making tools to guide planning

T Awine, K Malm, C Bart-Plange, SP Silal - Global health action, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Ghana is classified as being in the malaria control phase, according to the global malaria
elimination program. With many years of policy development and control interventions …

Operational research: A multidisciplinary approach for the management of infectious disease in a global context

SP Silal - European journal of operational research, 2021 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases, both established and emerging, impose a significant burden globally.
Successful management of infectious diseases requires considerable effort and a …

Reviewing South Africa's malaria elimination strategy (2012–2018): progress, challenges and priorities

J Raman, N Morris, J Frean, B Brooke, L Blumberg… - Malaria journal, 2016 - Springer
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 …

Mass campaigns with antimalarial drugs: a modelling comparison of artemether-lumefantrine and DHA-piperaquine with and without primaquine as tools for malaria …

J Gerardin, P Eckhoff, EA Wenger - BMC infectious diseases, 2015 - Springer
Background Antimalarial drugs are a powerful tool for malaria control and elimination.
Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) can reduce transmission when widely …

An insight to better understanding cross border malaria in Saudi Arabia

SA Abdalal, J Yukich, K Andrinoplous, S Harakeh… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Border malaria is a major obstacle for the malaria elimination in Saudi Arabia.
Today, the southern border of Saudi Arabia is a region where malaria cases are resurging …

Safety and tolerability of single low-dose primaquine in a low-intensity transmission area in South Africa: an open-label, randomized controlled trial

J Raman, E Allen, L Workman, A Mabuza… - Malaria Journal, 2019 - Springer
Background To reduce onward falciparum malaria transmission, the World Health
Organization recommends adding single low-dose (SLD) primaquine to artemisinin-based …

Environmental factors and population at risk of malaria in N komazi municipality, S outh A frica

AM Adeola, OJ Botai, JM Olwoch… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Nkomazi local municipality of S outh A frica is a high‐risk malaria region with an
incidence rate of about 500 cases per 100 000. We examined the influence of environmental …

Malaria elimination transmission and costing in the Asia-Pacific: a multi-species dynamic transmission model

SP Silal, R Shretta, O Celhay… - Wellcome Open …, 2019 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Background: The Asia-Pacific region has made significant progress in combatting malaria
since 2000 and a regional goal for a malaria-free Asia Pacific by 2030 has been recognised …