Abstract
BackgroundHuman population movement poses a major obstacle to malaria control and elimination. With recent technological advances, a wide variety of data sources and analytical methods have been used to quantify human population movement (HPM) relevant to control and elimination of malaria.MethodsThe relevant literature and selected studies that had policy implications that could help to design or target malaria control and elimination interventions were reviewed. These studies were categorized according to spatiotemporal scales of human mobility and the main method of analysis.ResultsEvidence gaps exist for tracking routine cross-border HPM and HPM at a regional scale. Few studies accounted for seasonality. Out of twenty included studies, two studies which tracked daily neighbourhood HPM used descriptive analyses as the main method, while the remaining studies used statistical analyses or mathematical modelling.ConclusionAlthough studies quantified varying types of human population movement covering different spatial and temporal scales, methodological gaps remain that warrant further studies related to malaria control and elimination.
Highlights
Human population movement poses a major obstacle to malaria control and elimination
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that all countries should aim for malaria elimination as
Categorizing studies of human population movement relevant to malaria control and elimination Studies were deemed relevant if their findings had policy implications that could help to design or target interventions for malaria control and elimination
Summary
Human population movement poses a major obstacle to malaria control and elimination. A wide variety of data sources and analytical methods have been used to quantify human population movement (HPM) relevant to control and elimination of malaria. The last attempt at eradication failed 50 years ago, with human population movement (HPM) cited as one of the major reasons [6]. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that all countries should aim for malaria elimination as. In order to accurately track transmission within and between stratified areas, increasingly granular surveillance is needed [7]. A wide variety of alternative data sources and analytical methods have been used to quantify HPM relevant to malaria control and elimination covering different spatial and temporal scales and each with their own strengths and limitations
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