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
As malaria transmission declines and malaria programs shift their focus from malaria control to elimination, it is vital to have documentation of the strategies that countries have used and are currently applying as they seek to eliminate malaria
Factors contributing to the epidemic were the reduction of DDT, emerging vector resistance to DDT, complacency of malaria control officers, lack of funding and population movement [2,3,4] As a result Sri Lanka again scaled up Indoor residual spraying (IRS) mobile units but the damage had been done
Malaria incidence in Sri Lanka has declined by 99.9% since 1999
Summary
As malaria transmission declines and malaria programs shift their focus from malaria control to elimination, it is vital to have documentation of the strategies that countries have used and are currently applying as they seek to eliminate malaria. Our case study of Sri Lanka, which has a long history of malaria control, including a period of near elimination and resurgence in the 1960s, aims to capture the key factors behind the country’s decline in malaria over the last decade
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