Technical and operational underpinnings of malaria elimination from Sri Lanka

Technical and operational underpinnings of malaria elimination from Sri Lanka

Abstract Malaria was eliminated from Sri Lanka in 2012, and the country received WHO-certification in 2016. The objective of this paper is to describe the epidemiology of malaria elimination in Sri Lanka, and the key technical and operational features of the elimination effort, which may have been c...

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Main Authors: Risintha Premaratne, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Dewanee Ranaweera, W. M. Kumudu T. de A. W. Gunasekera, Mihirini Hevawitharana, Lalanthika Pieris, Deepika Fernando, Kamini Mendis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Malaria elimination
Sri Lanka
Entomological surveillance
Case surveillance
Anti-relapse treatment
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-019-2886-8

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