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Setting the scene and generating evidence for malaria
elimination in Southern Mozambique
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Autor/a:
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Aide, Pedro Carlos Paulino; Candrinho, Baltazar; Galatas, Beatriz; Munguambe, Khátia; Guinovart, Caterina; Luis, Fabião; Mayor Aparicio, Alfredo Gabriel; Paaijmans, Krijn P.; Fernández Montoya, Lucía; Cirera, Laia; Bassat Orellana, Quique; Mocumbi, Sonia; Menéndez, Clara; Nhalungo, Delino; Nhacolo, Ariel; Rabinovich, Regina; Macete, Eusébio; Alonso, Pedro; Saúte, Francisco
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Abstract:
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Mozambique has historically been one of the countries
with the highest malaria burden in the world. Starting in the
1960s, malaria control efforts were intensified in the southern
region of the country, especially in Maputo city and Maputo
province, to aid regional initiatives aimed to eliminate malaria
in South Africa and eSwatini. Despite significant reductions in
malaria prevalence, elimination was never achieved. Following
the World Health Organization's renewed vision of a
malaria-free-world, and considering the achievements from the
past, the Mozambican National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP)
embarked on the development and implementation of a strategic
plan to accelerate from malaria control to malaria elimination
in southern Mozambique. An initial partnership, supported by the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the La Caixa Foundation,
led to the creation of the Mozambican Alliance Towards the
Elimination of Malaria (MALTEM) and the Malaria Technical and
Advisory Committee (MTAC) to promote national ownership and
partner coordination to work towards the goal of malaria
elimination in local and cross-border initiatives. Surveillance
systems to generate epidemiological and entomological
intelligence to inform the malaria control strategies were
strengthened, and an impact and feasibility assessment of
various interventions aimed to interrupt malaria transmission
were conducted in Magude district (Maputo Province) through the
"Magude Project". The primary aim of this project was to
generate evidence to inform malaria elimination strategies for
southern Mozambique. The goal of malaria elimination in areas of
low transmission intensity is now included in the national
malaria strategic plan for 2017-22 and the NMCP and its partners
have started to work towards this goal while evidence continues
to be generated to move the national elimination agenda forward. |
Materia(s):
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-Malària -Moçambic -Malaria -Mozambique |
Derechos:
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cc0 (c) Aide et al., 2019
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Tipo de documento:
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Artículo Artículo - Versión publicada |
Editor:
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BioMed Central
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