Ferguson, H. M., Dornhaus, A., Beeche, A., Borgemeister, C., Gottlieb, M., Mulla, M. S., Gimnig, J. E., Fish, D. and Killeen, G. F. (2010) Ecology: a prerequisite for malaria elimination and eradication. PLoS medicine, 7 (8). e1000303. ISSN 1549-1676
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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 |
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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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