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Abstract

The Global Malaria Eradication Program, launched in the middle of the last century, over-promised and under-delivered [1]. Decades of pessimism followed, during which malariologists were afraid to even mention the goal of this program by name [2]. The term eradication was often nervously referred to as “the E-word” by a disillusioned community that had learned from bitter experience that optimistic forecasts [3] had been based on an oversimplified view of transmission ecology [4]. Eradication of malaria remains beyond our grasp today, but is nevertheless firmly back on the global health agenda as a long-term target [5].

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Mosquito Control, Mosquito Nets, Ecology, Malaria control, Global Malaria eradication program,
Subjects:	Malaria > Vector control Policies, Strategies, Plans, Guidelines
Divisions:	Ifakara Health Institute > Health Systems
Depositing User:	Mr Joseph Madata
Date Deposited:	31 Jul 2012 16:15
Last Modified:	16 Aug 2012 15:57
URI:	http://ihi.eprints.org/id/eprint/72

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