Abstract
This abstract is submitted as part of the panel session on case studies for elimination by the WHO Global Malaria Programme and the UCSF Global Health Group.
Highlights
This case study presents and evaluates the strategies and policies applied for containment of re-emerging malaria outbreaks in Turkmenistan since the 1990s, and the process followed for achieving malaria elimination
The case study is a part of a series of malaria elimination case studies conducted by the WHO Global Malaria Programme and the University of California, San Francisco, Global Health Group
In the 1980s and 1990s the malaria threat increased due to rising receptivity in some areas, as well as to increasing vulnerability in districts bordering Afghanistan related to growing population movement
Summary
This case study presents and evaluates the strategies and policies applied for containment of re-emerging malaria outbreaks in Turkmenistan since the 1990s, and the process followed for achieving malaria elimination. Evidence-based lessons for countries that are considering or embarking upon elimination are distilled. The case study is a part of a series of malaria elimination case studies conducted by the WHO Global Malaria Programme and the University of California, San Francisco, Global Health Group. Key partners in the case study work were the National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, and WHO Regional and Country Offices
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