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Media Release: Research Grant Program Launched for Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network

The Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN) today, 25th June, is launching the APMEN Research Grant Program, which aims to assist in the development of new tools and measures to eliminate malaria in the Asia Pacific Region.

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Open Access | Baseline spatial distribution of malaria prior to an elimination programme in Vanuatu

Author(s): 
Reid H, Vallely A, Taleo G, Tatem AJ, Kelly G, Riley I, Harris I, Henri I, Iamaher S, Clements AC
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2010, 9:150 (2 June 2010)
Contact email: 
heidilouisereid@gmail.com

Malaria in Tanna Island, Vanuatu, has a focal and predominantly coastal distribution. As Vanuatu refines its elimination strategy, malaria risk maps represent an invaluable resource in the strategic planning of all levels of malaria interventions for the island.

Open Access | Opportunities and obstacles to the elimination of malaria from Peninsular Malaysia: knowledge, attitudes and practices on malaria among aboriginal and rural communities

Author(s): 
Al-Adhroey AH, N ZM, Al-Mekhlafi HM, Mahmud R
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2010, 9:137 (24 May 2010)
Contact email: 
halmekhlafi@yahoo.com

Both communities were aware of malaria as a disease, but knowledge, attitudes and practices were inadequate. Providing efficient health education to people residing in malaria endemic areas would improve their understanding about malaria prevention in order to bring about the elimination of malaria from the country.

Open Access | Using the entomological inoculation rate to assess the impact of vector control on malaria parasite transmission and elimination

Author(s): 
Shaukat AM, Breman JG, McKenzie F
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2010, 9:122 (12 May 2010)
Contact email: 
amsha2@bu.edu

These studies indicate that current vector control methods alone cannot ultimately eradicate malaria because no intervention sustained an annual EIR less than one. While researchers develop new tools, integrated vector management may make the greatest impact on malaria transmission. There are many gaps in the entomological malaria literature and recommendations for future research are provided.

Reflection and reaction: Malaria elimination on Hispaniola

Author(s): 
Joseph Keating, Donald J Krogstad, Thomas P Eisele
Reference: 
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Volume 10, Issue 5, May 2010, Pages 291-293
Contact email: 
jkeating@tulane.edu

 No abstract available

Open Access | Sub-microscopic malaria cases and mixed malaria infection in a remote area of high malaria endemicity in Rattanakiri province, Cambodia: implication for malaria elimination

Author(s): 
Steenkeste N, Rogers WO, Okell L, Jeanne I, Incardona S, Duval L, Chy S, Hewitt S, Chou M, Socheat D, Babin F, Ariey F, Rogier C
Reference: 
Malaria Journal 2010, 9:108 (22 April 2010)
Contact email: 
nicolas.steenkeste@gmail.com

The rapid and sensitive molecular diagnosis method developed here could be considered for mass screening and ACT treatment of inhabitants of low-endemicity areas of Southeast Asia.

A community-directed strategy for sustainable malaria elimination on islands: Short-term MDA integrated with ITNs and robust surveillance

Author(s): 
Akira Kaneko
Reference: 
Acta Tropica, Volume 114, Issue 3, June 2010, Pages 177-183
Contact email: 
akira.kaneko@wgi.su.se

In the Asia Pacific sites with low and unstable transmission, elimination should be feasible with existing tools. Scaling up of community involvement from simple participation to social participation, where communities involve in health planning functions is necessary from malaria control to malaria elimination.

Malaria 50 & 100 years ago: Antigua island

In the Lancet of 5 February 1910 I discovered a most interesting little article about malaria on Antigua island (Carribean)...
 

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Open Access | Editorial: Malaria Elimination: When the Tools Are Great but Implementation Falters

Author(s): 
Bart G. J. Knols
Reference: 
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2010;82 174-175
Contact email: 
bart@malariaworld.org

One thing is clear: Any form of compromise in terms of tool implementation, (area-wide) coverage or stringency in campaign execution will hold the recipe for failure.

Larval control: When the tools are fine but their application goes wrong…

In most African countries bednets have become common and are contributing to saving countless lives of children. Scaling up of this intervention continues in the second decade of this millennium. Indoor residual spraying is widely practiced though a less common sight in many parts of Africa where spray teams do not reach far-off communities in rural settings.

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